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1. tonnes

   The tonne ( (listen) or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States customary units), and the long ton (British imperial units). It is equivalent to approximately 2204.6 pounds, 1.102 short tons, and 0.984 long tons. The official SI unit is the megagram (symbol: Mg), a less common way to express the same mass.

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1. Tonnes

   Tonnes is a village in the northern part of the municipality of Lurøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the mainland coast, about 100 kilometres northwest of the town of Mo i Rana. It is north of the islands of Aldra and Lurøya, east of Hestmona, and south of Rangsundøya.

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tonnes' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4714

Anagrams for tonnes »

1. sonnet

2. tenons

3. nonets

How to pronounce tonnes?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tonnes in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tonnes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of tonnes in a Sentence

1. Ole Houe:

   The Australian wheat crop is shrinking at the moment as more and more grain is cut for hay, we are looking at a crop of around 19 million tonnes at the moment and it could get lower unless we get rain over the next two-three weeks.

2. Farmer Gaju Rawat:

   They offered us tonnes of silt for free, provided we transported it ourselves. I brought 30 tractors of silt, which is a very good way to increase moisture to my field. Normally I get 15-30 quintals of cotton. But this year, I am expecting at least double that.

3. Another German trader:

   Korean importers have told me that, in the present price constellation, they will switch to more feed wheat tenders from corn in coming weeks, in South Korea alone, this could result in about 150,000 tonnes a month of corn imports being switched to feed wheat.

4. Gustavo Lopez:

   People are talking about a soy crop of 37 or 38 million tonnes nationwide, and that the rains could reduce that by 1 to 1.5 million tonnes.

5. Espen Jorgensen:

   On average we're capturing about two, two-and-a-half tonnes, a day. That's our average, more or less, that's because of the restrictions of the unit itself.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonnes
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tonnes