carreau

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carreau

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Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of quarrel.

noun carreaux

A Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres. In 1809 and 1814, land reform in southern and western Haiti resulted in the estimated redistribution of some 76,000 carreaux of land among 2,322 civil and military officers.

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"carreau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carreau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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carreau. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carreau

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"carreau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carreau.

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@misc{carreau_2026,
  title = {carreau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carreau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}