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Complete Definition of "dunam"

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Etymology
From Hebrew term|scHebr|��נ�|trdûn�m or Arabic term|scArab|د���|trdūnum < Turkish term|dönüm < term|dönmek||to go round.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'d�n.�m/
rhymes|�n�m

Noun
en-noun

  1. a measure of land in the Ottoman Empire and successive states, including Israel, where it corresponds to about 900 square metres in Palestine, or about 2500 square metres in Iraq.

#* James Joyce, Ulysses:
#*: You pay eight marks and they plant a dunam of land for you with olives, oranges, almonds or citrons.

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