morgen
/ˈmɔːgən/noun
1- a measure of land, in particular摩根(地积单位), 尤指:
1.1
- (in the Netherlands, South Africa, and parts of the US) a measure of land equal to about 0.8 hectare or two acres(荷兰、南非及美国部分地区)摩根(合0.8公顷或2英亩)。
1.2
- (in Norway, Denmark, and Germany) a measure of land now equal to about 0.3 hectare or two thirds of an acre(挪威、丹麦和德国)摩根(合0.3公顷或2/3英亩)。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Dutch, or from German Morgen 'morning', apparently from the notion of 'an area of land that can be ploughed in a morning'.