caballeria

Etymology
From, from + , from , from  +. .

Noun

 * 1)  A medieval Spanish land tenure equivalent to a knight's fee, held under an obligation for military service.
 * 2)  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.