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dessiatine
[ des-yuh-teen ]
noun
- a Russian unit of land measure equal to 2.7 U.S. acres (1.1 hectare).
dessiatine
/ ˈ»åÉ›²õÂáəˌ³Ù¾±Ë²Ô /
noun
- a Russian unit of area equal to approximately 2.7 acres or 10Â 800 square metres
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dessiatine1
1790–1800; < Russian »å±ð²õ²â²¹³ÙòԲ¹ literally, tithe, tenth, derivative of »åé²õ²â²¹³Ù&#³æ27; ten
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dessiatine1
C18: from Russian desyatina, literally: tithe, from desyat ten
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In the territory of the Don Cossacks no foreigner may possess land under any circumstance, yet the Germans own there 3700 dessiatines.
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