caballeria

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish caballería, from caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”). Doublet of cavalry and chivalry. === Noun === caballeria (plural caballerias) (historical, law) A medieval Spanish land tenure equivalent to a knight's fee, held under an obligation for military service. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to 38.64 ha. ==== Usage notes ==== The area above is the formal Castilian measure, but its regional, colonial, and independent Latin American values varied. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of land area): celemin (1/720 caballeria), fanega (1/60 caballeria), yugada (⅚ caballeria)