1. Plural of dunam; a unit of land area used in the Middle East and Mediterranean regions, equal to approximately 1,000 square meters or one-tenth of a hectare.
Usage: Also spelled 'donums' or 'dunums'; Commonly used in Israel, Palestine, Turkey, and other Middle Eastern countries for measuring agricultural and residential land

Examples

• The farmer owned several dunams of olive groves in the West Bank.
• Land prices in the region are typically quoted per dunam.
• The property deed specified that the estate covered 50 dunams.
• Agricultural subsidies were calculated based on the number of dunams under cultivation.
• The village allocated 100 dunams for the new community center.