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250 dönüm

English translation: 250,000 square meters

22:34 Mar 30, 2009
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Measurements
Turkish term or phrase: 250 dönüm
Can you please help me convert this into US English.

"330 dönümlük projenin 250 dönümü"

Thanks in advance,
Sanye
Saniye Boran
Local time: 10:53
English translation:250,000 square meters
Explanation:
250,000 of the project's 330,000 square meters

Rica ederim :-)
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TurkishEnglish.com Inc.
United States
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7250,000 square meters
TurkishEnglish.com Inc.
4 +3250 dunam (62 acre)
Hakan YILDIZ
5250 thousand square meters
harun parpucu (X)
5250 decares
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
250,000 square meters


Explanation:
250,000 of the project's 330,000 square meters

Rica ederim :-)

TurkishEnglish.com Inc.
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TurkishTurkish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Taleb Ebrahim - Arabic - English - Turkish Professional Conference Interpreter-Translator
3 mins
  -> Thanks valla :-)
agree  Cagdas Karatas
2 hrs
  -> Sağolun
agree  Faruk Atabeyli
8 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias!
agree  Mehmet Hascan
9 hrs
  -> Merci!
agree  Jim Tucker (X)
11 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Salih YILDIRIM
15 hrs
  -> thank you, sir
agree  alone00
2 days 11 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
250 thousand square meters


Explanation:
That could be 250,000 square meters, too.

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Note added at 15 mins (2009-03-30 22:50:36 GMT)
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"330 dönümlük projenin 250 dönümü" = 250 thousand square meters of a 330-thousand-square-meter project



    Reference: http://www.zargan.com/sozluk.asp?Sozcuk=donum
harun parpucu (X)
United States
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
250 decares


Explanation:
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Note added at 19 hrs (2009-03-31 18:01:31 GMT)
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Conversions
A metric dunam is equal to:
* 1,000 square metres (exactly)
* 0.1 hectares (exactly)
* 1 decare (exactly)
* 10 ares (exactly)
* 0.247105381 acres (approx)
* 1,195.99005 square yards (approx)
* 10,763.9104 square feet (approx)



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decare
chevirmen
Türkiye
Local time: 10:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TurkishTurkish
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
250 dunam (62 acre)


Explanation:
dunam wikipedia dahil birçok kaynakta "dönüm"ün karşılığı olarak kullanılıyor.
istenirse (1 dunam=0.247acre) gibi parantez içi bir ifade de eklenebilir.
Böylece sonuç;
250 dunam of a project 330 dunam in total


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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-03-31 19:08:13 GMT)
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http://www.zargan.com/sozluk.asp?Sozcuk=dunam

http://www.sizes.com/units/dunam.htm

http://www.convertworld.com/tr/alan/Cypriot dunam.html

ingilizce "dunam" türkçe'deki "metre" gibi; o dilde oluşmamış ama yabancı dilden o dile girmiş bir kelime. biz de "meter" i çevirirken "şu kadar dönüm" diye çevirmiyoruz "metre" diyoruz. o yüzden bence yanlış değil.

Example sentence(s):
  • A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used, in various standardized versions, in many countries formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. It was defined as \

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunam
Hakan YILDIZ
Türkiye
Local time: 10:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Selcuk Akyuz
2 hrs
agree  Murad AWAD: Agree, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunam
10 hrs
agree  alone00
2 days 3 hrs
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