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schenes

schenes is the plural of schene.

Meaning of schene

Noun

schene (plural schenes)

  1. (historical) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.
    • Herodotus has fixed the measure of the schene, in Lower Egypt, at four miles, or a league and a quarter.1786, Mr. Savary, “Letters on Egypt”, in The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, volume 62, page 440

Questions about schenes

What is schenes the plural of?
Schenes is the plural of schene.

Words near schenes in the dictionary

  1. Schenectadian
  2. Schenectady
  3. Schenectady County
  4. Schenectady putter
  5. Schenectady putters
  6. schenes
  7. Schengen
  8. Schengen Area
  9. Schengen realm
  10. Schengenland
  11. Schenk

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