stremma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

stremma stremmas stremmata

Etymology

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

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