Acre (redirected from 'Akko)

A·cre  (äkr, äkr) also Ak·ko (ä-k, äk)

A port city of northern Israel on the Bay of Haifa. During the Crusades it changed hands many times between Christians and Muslims. Acre was ceded to the Arabs in the United Nations partition of Palestine in 1948 but was captured by Israel shortly thereafter. Population: 45,900.

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a·cre  (kr)

n.

1. Abbr. a. or ac. A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. See Table at measurement.

2. acres Property in the form of land; estate.

3. A wide expanse, as of land or other matter. Often used in the plural: "Everything was streaky pink marble and acres of textureless carpeting" (Anne Tyler).

4. Archaic A field or plot of arable land.

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[Middle English aker, field, acre, from Old English æcer; see agro- in Indo-European roots.]

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acre [ˈeɪkə]

n

1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit of area used in certain English-speaking countries, equal to 4840 square yards or 4046.86 square metres

2. (plural)

a.  land, esp a large area

b.  Informal a large amount he has acres of space in his room

farm the long acre NZ to graze cows on the verge of a road

[Old English æcer field, acre; related to Old Norse akr, German Acker, Latin ager field, Sanskrit ajra field]

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Acre

n

1. (Placename) a state of W Brazil: mostly unexplored tropical forests; acquired from Bolivia in 1903. Capital: Rio Branco. Pop.: 557 337 (2000 est.). Area: 152 589 sq. km (58 899 sq. miles)

2. (Placename) a city and port in N Israel, strategically situated on the Bay of Acre in the E Mediterranean: taken and retaken during the Crusades (1104, 1187, 1191, 1291), taken by the Turks (1517), by Egypt (1832), and by the Turks again (1839). Pop.: 40 500 (1989 est.) Old Testament name Accho [ɑːˈkəʊ] Arabic name `Akka [ɑːˈkɑː] Hebrew name `Akko [ɑːˈkəʊ]

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acre  (kr)

A unit of area in the US Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 43,560 square feet or 4,047 square meters.

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acre - Old English aecer, now acre, was originally the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day; the Old English word came from Latin ager, "fertile field," and became acre, which first meant any field.

See also related terms for plow.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	acre - a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries area unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas
	2.	Acre - a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil - the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
	3.	Acre - a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean Accho, Akka, Akko Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine

Translations

acre [ˈeɪkəʳ] N → acre m (4.047 metros cuadrados)
the family's broad or rolling acres → las extensas fincas de la familia
there are acres of space for you to play in → hay la mar de espacio para que juguéis
I've got acres of weeds → tengo un montón de malas hierbas

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acre [ˈeɪkə^r] n → acre = 4047 m²)f >

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acre

n → ˜ Morgen m; acres (old, liter, = land) → Fluren pl (old, liter); acres (and acres) of garden → hektarweise Garten

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acre [ˈeɪkəʳ] n → acro (= 4047 m²)

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Acre → أكْر akr acre Morgen ακρ acre eekkeri acre jutro acro エーカー 에이커 acre acre akr acre, acre, cerca de 4 mil metros quadrados акр acre หน่วยวัดเนื้อที่เป็นเอเคอร์ acre mẫu Anh 英亩