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maquia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
maquia
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: maquia, مَكِيلَة

Inflected Forms

maquias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

celamim (1⁄2 maquia) oitava (2 maquias) quarta (4 maquias) alqueire (16 maquias)

Questions

What does maquia mean?
A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.8–1.2 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
Where does maquia come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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