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acre in Malay

ekar

/ˈeɪ.kə//ˈeɪ.kɚ/

acre in Malay: ekar. In English, acre means an English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.

Malay words for acre

unit of surface area
ekar

English meaning of acre

  1. noun An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
  2. noun An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
  3. noun Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
  4. noun A wide expanse.

Full definition of acre

acre in a sentence

  • I like my new house—there’s acres of space!

Synonyms of acre

All synonyms of acre

acre in other languages

Questions about acre in Malay

What is the meaning of acre in Malay?
Acre in Malay is ekar.
Apakah maksud acre dalam bahasa Melayu?
Acre: ekar.
What does acre mean in English?
Acre means an English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acre (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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