saco

Meanings

1. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L.

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
3. An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia.
4. A city in York County, Maine.
5. An unincorporated community in Somerset Township, Steele County, Minnesota.
6. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Missouri.
7. A town in Phillips County, Montana.
8. A river in New Hampshire and Maine which discharges into Saco Bay.
9. A barrio in Ceiba municipality, Puerto Rico.
10. A river in Maranhão state, Brazil.
11. A river in Pará state, Brazil.

Etymology

From Spanish saco (“a sack, a half-carga”), from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, sackcloth”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and sakkos.