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feddan
[ fuh-dahn, -dan ]
noun
, plural fed·dan, fed·dans.
- an Egyptian unit of area equivalent to 1.038 acres (0.42 ha).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of feddan1
From the Arabic word faddān literally, yoke of oxen
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Example Sentences
In the Egypt of to-day land is measured by feddans, the feddan (or paddmi) being the equivalent of our acre.
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As he approached it, the lanes leading to the Feddan were being cleared for the mad antics of the Aissawa.
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Every feddan he had he had honestly earned, but this was his way of offering backsheesh.
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One or two little cafés we passed round the feddan, and banished any connection between them and lunch for ever and a day.
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Against thy feddan shall be set my date-tree; it hath been so ever.
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