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Meaning of mujada | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[muˈʒa.ðə]

Definitions

A unit of land area defined as the amount that a team of oxen could plow in a day, roughly equivalent to an acre.

feminine, historical

Examples

“Al segle XVIII —ja una mica ordenat—, a Catalunya solament, i només per a amidar les superfícies, hi havia els sistemes següents: a Barcelona i a la seva zona d'influència (Pla del Llobregat, Vallès i part del Maresme) s'utilitzava la mujada (equivalent a unes 49 àrees d'avui), que es subdividia en quartes i mundines.”

In the 18th century--already a bit tidied up---only in Catalonia, and just for measuring land area, there were the following systems: in Barcelona and its zone of influence (Pla del Llobregat, Vallès and part of Maresme), they used the mujada (equivalent to some 49 modern-day ares), which was subdivided into quarters and sixths.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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