στρέμα
English translation: stremma
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peer agreement (net): +4stremma Explanation: The stremma (στρέμμα, plural στρέμματα) is a Greek unit of land area, equal to 1000 square metres, also called the 'royal' stremma. The name comes from a root meaning 'to turn', presumably referring to the amount of land that can be plowed/turned in a day.[1] The "old", "Turkish", or "Ottoman" stremma was approximately 1270 m² (Λεξικό, 1998): it was the Greek name of the Ottoman dönüm,[2] which was in turn based on the Byzantine stremma (see below). But Lapavitsas uses the value of 1600 m² for the region of Naoussa in the early 20th century.[3] The medieval or Morean stremma was different, somewhere between 900 and 1900 square meters, depending on the period and perhaps even the type of land.[4] The Byzantine stremma was defined as 100 square Greek feet or 40 Greek paces. It is likely the ancestor of the Ottoman dönüm/strem One stremma is equivalent to: [edit] Metric * 1 000 square metres * 10 ares * 1 decare * 0.1 hectare * 0.001 square kilometres [edit] English units * 10,763.9 square feet * 0.247 105 38 international acres * 0.247 104 39 U.S. survey acres; 1 acre ≈ 4.047 stremmata * 0.000 386 102 square miles (statute) Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stremma |
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