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English
Etymology
From Spanish celemín, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ثُمُنِ (ṯumuni, “of one-eighth”). Doublet of tomin and azumbre.
Noun
celemin (plural celemins or celemines)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a celemin of seed.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, formalized as equivalent to about 537 m².
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1⁄4 celemin), medio (1⁄2 celemin), cuartilla (3 celemins), hemina (5 celemins), cuarto (6 celemins), fanega (12 celemins), saco (24 celemins), carga (48 celemins), cahiz (144 celemins)
- (formal unit of area): cuartillo (1⁄4 celemin), aranzada (8
+1⁄3 celemins), fanega (50 celemins), yugada (600 celemins), caballeria (720 celemins)