fanega

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noun

A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.

Similar
fanegadaSpanish bushelbushel
OriginSpanish fanega ← Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة ← Arabic فَنِيقَة →
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Meanings

nounfanega (plural fanegas)

plural fanegas

  1. historicalA traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.

    Synonyms: fanegada, Spanish bushel, bushel

  2. historicalA traditional Spanish unit of area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of farmland able to be sown with a fanega of seed.
  3. historicalA traditional Spanish unit of area, formalized as equivalent to about 6440 m².

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.

Similar
fanegadaSpanish bushelbushel
Also see
fanegada

Origin

  1. Arabicفَنِيقَة
  2. Andalusian Arabicفَنِيقَة“sack”
  3. Spanishfanega
  4. Englishfanega

From Spanish fanega, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa).

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Translations

Spanish fanega
  • fanegaSpanish bushel — see also bushel

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Feagan
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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