# fanega

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.
2. A traditional Spanish unit of area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of farmland able to be sown with a fanega of seed.
3. A traditional Spanish unit of area, formalized as equivalent to about 6440 m².

## Etymology
From Spanish fanega, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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