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mujada
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Catalan
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Etymology
From Late Latin modiāta, from modius (“measure”). Equivalent to muig + -ada.
Pronunciation
Noun
mujada f (plural mujades)
- (historical, Barcelona) A unit of land area defined as the amount that a team of oxen could plow in a day, roughly equivalent to an acre.
- Synonyms: bovada, parellada
- 1956, Enric Moreu-Rey, El naixement del metre:
- Al segle XVIII —ja una mica ordenat—, a Catalunya solament, i només per a amidar les superfícies, hi havia els sistemes següents: a Barcelona i a la seva zona d'influència (Pla del Llobregat, Vallès i part del Maresme) s'utilitzava la mujada (equivalent a unes 49 àrees d'avui), que es subdividia en quartes i mundines.
- In the 18th century--already a bit tidied up---only in Catalonia, and just for measuring land area, there were the following systems: in Barcelona and its zone of influence (Pla del Llobregat, Vallès and part of Maresme), they used the mujada (equivalent to some 49 modern-day ares), which was subdivided into quarters and sixths.
Further reading
- “mujada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “mujada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “mujada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
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Verb
mujada
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