fanega

[ fuh-ney-guh; Spanish fah-ne-gah ]

/ fəˈneɪ gə; Spanish fɑˈnɛ gɑ /

a unit of dry measure in Spanish-speaking countries, equal in Spain to 1.58 U.S. bushels (55.7 liters).

a Mexican unit of land measure, equal to 8.81 acres (3.57 hectares).

Origin of fanega

1495–1505; < Spanish < Arabic fanīqah big bag

Maize was sold by the carga, or load, which was about one half of the Castilian fanega.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 |Hubert Howe Bancroft
Measuring by fanegas was then still in vogue in Mexico; a fanega equals about sixty-four kilograms.

Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) |Carl Lumholtz
The price of cacao was, at the close of 1852, sixteen dollars the fanega.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom |P. L. Simmonds
It is measured not by the bushel, but by the fanega, which weighs 225 pounds.

A Journey in Southeastern Mexico |Henry Howard Harper

I asked him if he wanted us to die from starvation, and then another man offered me half a fanega.

Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) |Carl Lumholtz