carreau

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noun

A Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres.

OriginFrench carreau →
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Meanings

nouncarreau (plural carreaux)

plural carreaux

  1. A Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres.

    In 1809 and 1814, land reform in southern and western Haiti resulted in the estimated redistribution of some 76,000 carreaux of land among 2,322 civil and military officers.

    2013, Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie, Freedom's Seekers

Origin

  1. Frenchcarreau
  2. Englishcarreau

Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of quarrel.

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APA

carreau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carreau

MLA

“carreau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carreau. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carreau,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carreau.

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