A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1 to 2 bushels; also, a measure of land.
In Spanish law. A measure of land varying in different provinces, but Inthe Spanish settlements in America consisting of 6,400 square varas or yards.
Spanish law. A measure of land, which is not the same in every province. Diccionario de la Acad.; 2 White's Coll. 49. In Spanish America, the fanega consisted of six thousand and four hundred square varas or yards. 2 White's Coll. 138.