English Explanatory Dictionary

maquia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.8–1.2 liters in different 19th-century contexts.

Word forms

maquia maquias

Etymology

From Portuguese maquia, from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). Doublet of maquila.

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