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Definition of Dunam
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dunam
1. a unit of land measure in Israel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunam
Literary usage of Dunam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Syria: An Economic Survey by Arthur Ruppin, Nellie Straus (1918)
"Type I consists of about 100 dunam, and is worked only by the fellah and his ...
Type III, about 500 dunam in size, requires five tenant partners ..."
2. Vital Records of Granville, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by Granville (Mass. : Town), Granville (Mass.) (1914)
"CRI DUNHAM (see Donham, dunam, Dunum), Anna, d. Jabez Jr. and Anna, Dec. 5, 1768.
... CRI DUNUM (see Donham, dunam, Dunham), , ch. David and w., , 1810. ..."
3. Palestinian Refugees: Challenges of Repatriation and Development by Rex Brynen, Roula El-Rifai (2007)
"Housing densities are an average of 17 persons/dunam (pd), increasing to 90 pd
in Shati camp (10 dunams = 1 hectare). The plan calls for an increase in ..."
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