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The '''stremma''' (Greek:στρέμμα, plural στρέμματα) is a Greek unit of land area, equal to 1000 square metres, also called the 'royal' stremma. The name comes from a root meaning 'to turn', presumably referring to the amount of land that can be plowed/turned in a day.<ref>Λεξικό της κοινής Νεοελληνικής (Dictionary of Modern Greek), Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1998. ISBN 960-231-085-5</ref>

The "old", "Turkish", or "Ottoman" stremma was approximately 1270 m² (Λεξικό, 1998): it was the Greek name of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] dönüm,<ref>Λεξικό</ref> which was in turn based on the Byzantine stremma (see below). But Lapavitsas uses the value of 1600 m² for the region of [[Naoussa]] in the early 20th century.<ref>Costas Lapavitsas, "Social and Economic Underpinning of Industrial Development: Evidence from Ottoman Macedonia", ''Ηλεκτρονικό Δελτίο Οικονομικής Ιστορίας'' [http://www.hdoisto.gr/Keimena/Lapavitsas4112005.pdf]</ref>

The medieval or [[Morea]]n stremma was different, somewhere between 900 and 1900 m², depending on the period and perhaps even the type of land.<ref>Siriol Davis, "Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, Part VI: administration and settlement in Venetian Navarino", ''Hesperia'', Winter, 2004 [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SDG/is_1_73/ai_n13493303/pg_17]</ref>

The Byzantine stremma was defined as 100 square [[pous|Greek feet]] or 40 Greek paces. It is likely the ancestor of the Ottoman dönüm/stremma.<ref>V.L. Ménage, Review of Speros Vryonis, Jr. ''The decline of medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the process of islamization from the eleventh through the fifteenth century'', Berkeley, 1971; in ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'' (University of London) '''36''':3 (1973), pp. 659-661. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0041-977X%281973%2936%3A3%3C659%3ATDOMHI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K at JSTOR (subscription required)]; see also Erich Schilbach, ''Byzantinische Metrologie'' (referenced but not seen)</ref>

==Conversions==
''One stremma is equivalent to:''
===Metric===
* 1,000 square metres
* 10 ares
* 1 decare
* 0.1 hectare
* 0.001 square kilometres

===English units===
* 10,763.9 square feet
* 0.247 105 38 international acres
* 0.247 104 39 U.S. survey acres; 1 acre ≈ 4.047 stremmata
* 0.000 386 102 square miles (statute)
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Lazarus at 22:46, July 27, 2008

Lazarus: New page: The '''stremma''' (Greek:στρέμμα, plural στρέμματα) is a Greek unit of land area, equal to 1000 square metres, also called the 'royal' stremma. The name comes from a root ...