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schoene

schoene is the alternative form 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

Forms of schoene

pluralschoenes

Questions about schoene

What is schoene the alternative form of?
Schoene is the alternative form of schene.

Words near schoene in the dictionary

  1. Schoenbergers
  2. Schoenbergian
  3. Schoenbergs
  4. Schoenborn
  5. Schoenborns
  6. schoene
  7. Schoenecker
  8. Schoeneckers
  9. Schoener
  10. Schoeners
  11. schoenes

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