English
Alternative forms
dessiatine
desyatin
desyatina
Etymology
From Russian де���ина �tenth, tithe�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/d�sj��ti�n�/
Noun
en-noun
- A Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.
#*1973: Clouds, some in very clear profile, black and jagged, sail in armadas towards the Asian arctic, above the sweeping dessiatinas of grasses � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
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