Acre vs. Bigha

Acre vs. Bigha — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Acre and Bigha

Acrenoun

An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.

Bighanoun

A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.

Acrenoun

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

Acrenoun

A wide expanse.

I like my new house - there’s acres of space!

Acrenoun

A large quantity.

Acrenoun

(obsolete) A field.

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Acrenoun

(obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).

Acrenoun

(obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

Acrenoun

a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

Acrenoun

a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru

Acrenoun

a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean