English Explanatory Dictionary

linha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.3 mm.

Word forms

linha linhas

Etymology

From Portuguese linha (“line”), from Old Galician-Portuguese linha, from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Doublet of line, linea, and ligne.

Synonyms

Portuguese line line
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