cawny

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• cawny —    or cawney    a traditional unit of land area in southern India, equal to about 4/3 acre (0.54 hectare). The name is an English tranliteration of a Tamil word for the unit …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• Cawney — (Cawny, spr. kaoni), ostind. Feldmaß, s. Kahni …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• cawney —    see cawny …   Dictionary of units of measurement