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Acre
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English
Proper noun
Acre
- A state in northern Brazil, which has Rio Branco as its capital.
Noun
acre (plural acres)
- A unit of surface area (symbol a. or ac.) equal to 43,560 square feet, used for measuring geographical features such as land and bodies of water. If measured as a square it would be approximately 208.71 feet on each side.
- (in plural, colloquial) A large amount (of area).
- I like my new house - there's acres of space!
Translations
Unit of surface area.
- Estonian: aaker
See also
- international acre
- US survey acre
- Weights and measures
- Wikipedia article on Acre (the state)
- Wikipedia article on the acre
French
Noun
- acre
Romanica
Noun
acre [A]
- acre
Adjective
acre
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