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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ekar
"यह खेत दस एकड़ में फैला हुआ है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards or 4,047 square meters.
"The family farm spans over fifty acres of fertile rolling hills." - 2
A large quantity or extent of land, typically used in the plural.
"She inherited acres of untamed wilderness in the northern countryside."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'æcer', meaning 'field' or 'open land', tracing back to Proto-Germanic *akraz and ultimately the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂éagros meaning 'field' or 'open country'. Historically, it represented the amount of land that could be plowed in one day by a yoke of oxen.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Acre" is said worldwide
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acre
Transliteration: akʁ
"Cette propriété couvre plus de dix acres de terrain."
Acker
Transliteration: ˈakɐ
"Der Bauer pflügt seinen Acker im Frühling."
acro
Transliteration: ˈakro
"Il parco si estende per cento acri."
acre
Transliteration: ˈa.kɾe
"Compraron un terreno de cinco acres."
acre
Transliteration: ˈa.kɾi
"A fazenda possui vários acres de pastagem."
एकड़
Transliteration: ekar
"यह खेत दस एकड़ में फैला हुआ है।"
英亩
Transliteration: yīngmù
"这座庄园占地五百英亩。"
에이커
Transliteration: eikeo
"그 농장은 수백 에이커의 면적을 가지고 있다."
エーカー
Transliteration: ēkā
"その土地の広さは100エーカーあります。"
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