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bunder

Pronunciation: /ˈbʏn.dər/

“bunder” is a Dutch word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a unit of measurement for area, a hectare
  2. an obsolete unit of measurement for land area

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bonder, with epenthesis of -d- after liquid consonants (for which compare donder and daalder) from Old Dutch bunra, from Medieval Latin bānnarium, bunnārium (compare English bunarium), derived from bonna, bodina, which possibly ultimately derive from a Gaulish reflex of Proto-Celtic *bundos.

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