square yard | |
Standard: | Imperial, United States customary units |
Quantity: | area |
Symbol: | yd2 |
Symbol2: | sq yd |
Units1: | Imperial/US |
Units2: | SI units |
The square yard (Northern India: gaj, Pakistan: gaz) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit of area. It is in widespread use in most of the English-speaking world, particularly the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Pakistan and India. It is defined as the area of a square with sides of one yard (three feet, thirty-six inches, 0.9144 metres) in length.
There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:
One square yard is equivalent to: