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

Noun

1. a unit of area equal to 4840 square yards (4046.86 square metres)

2. acres Informal a large amount: acres of skin [Old English æcer]

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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.

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

acre [ˈeɪkəʳ] n → acre f (= 4047 m²)

acre [ˈeɪkəʳ] n → Morgen m

acre [ˈeɪkəʳ] n → acro (= 4047 m\S2\S)