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Morgen
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a unit of measurement of land in Holland and the Dutch colonies, and hence still current in South Africa, equivalent to about 2 acres. It is also used in Prussia, Norway and Denmark, where it equals about two-thirds of an acre. The word is usually taken to be the same as the German and Dutch word for "morning," the area of a "morgen" being equal to that covered by a morning's ploughing.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Morgen'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/morgen.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Morgen'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/morgen.html. 1910.
