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stremma

stremma noun: a Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but (historical) previously 10,000 square Greek feet.

Noun

stremma (plural stremmas or stremmata)

  1. A Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but (historical) previously 10,000 square Greek feet.
  2. (obsolete) The dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.

Forms of stremma

pluralstremmas
pluralstremmata

Origin of stremma

From Byzantine Greek στρέμμα (strémma, “a turning”), referring to the turning of the soil.

Phrases with stremma

Words that rhyme with stremma

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Questions about stremma

What does stremma mean?
Stremma means a Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but (historical) previously 10,000 square Greek feet.
What part of speech is stremma?
Stremma is a noun.
What is the plural of stremma?
The plural of stremma is stremmas.

Words near stremma in the dictionary

  1. strelitzias
  2. strelkinite
  3. Strelow
  4. Strelows
  5. streltsy
  6. stremma
  7. stremmas
  8. stremmata
  9. Strempel
  10. stremtch
  11. stremtched

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