Cawnie

Cawnie

A cawnie is an obsolete unit of land area used in Chennai (formerly Madras) in India. It was approximately equal to 1.322 acres. In SI units that is 5.349 square metres. After metrication in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.

ee also

*List of customary units of measurement in South Asia

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