Fanega

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fanega \Fa*ne"ga\, n. [Sp.]
     A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1?
     to 2? bushels; also, a measure of land. --De Colange.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  FANEGA, Spanish law. A measure of land, which is not the same in every 
  province. Diccionario de la Acad.; 2 White's Coll. 49. In Spanish America, 
  the fanega consisted of six thousand and four hundred square varas or yards. 
  2 White's Coll. 138.