Complete Definition of "dessiatina"

English
Alternative forms
dessiatine
desyatin
desyatina

Etymology
From Russian де���ина �tenth, tithe�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/d�sj��ti�n�/

Noun
en-noun

  1. 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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