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hemina

/eˈmina/

noun, feminine/eˈmina/plural: heminas

hemina (a Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L); hemina (a unit of dry measure, equivalent to around 23 liters); hemina (a variable unit traditionally defined as the land area that could be sown by one (dry measure) hemina of seed; typically between 500 and 1,000 square metres in size, depending on the crop and local climate)

Synonyms: cuartillo¹⁄₂₀ hemina>, medio¹⁄₁₀ hemina>, celemín¹⁄₅ hemina>, cuartilla³⁄₅ hemina>, cuarto+¹⁄₅ heminas>, fanega+²⁄₅ heminas>, saco+⁴⁄₅ heminas>, carga+³⁄₅ heminas>

Borrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).