diez tahullas y cuatro octavas
English translation: you can't translate!!!!!! see further
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you can't translate!!!!!! see further Explanation: in the middle ages, there were different units of measure in spain tahulla was for instance used in the province of Almeria 1 tahulla=1118 square meters if you're good at maths you can find what's the equivalent of an octava i found about 32 square meters!!!!! but i'm bad hope it helps |
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Golub is right: According to Dicc. de Regionalismos de la Explanation: Lengua Española: tahúlla (accent in the ú): Almería, Granada y Murcia. Medida de superficie agraria (11.18 áreas) área = are = 100 sq. meters; 1076.3910 sq. feet, 119.6000 sq. yards, 0.02471 acre (see Http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html#are the "octava" I imagine it refers to 1/8 of an are. Good luck! Maria ;o) Dicc. Regionalismos /Grosschmid/Echegoyen Reference: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html#are |
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Just a note on "middle ages" and the metric system -- Explanation: The metric system (meters, grams, liters, etc.), whose measurements of distance are based on decimal divisions of the distance between the earth's equator and its poles, is one of the more durable bequests of the French Revolution (1789-1793). Hence, meters would hardly have existed _per se_ as a unit of measurement in the Middle Ages, which are generally considered to have lasted from about the year 1100 to the year 1450 or so, having been preceded by the Dark Ages (from the fall of classical antiquity in the 4th to 6th centuries to about 1100) and followed by the Renaissance (approx. 1450 to 1600). HC, climbing down from the soapbox... |
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