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A measure of 100 by 100 varas (Spanish) is almost 7000 square meters, and is known traditionally throughout Spain and Latin America as a manzana (i.e., a "city block"). As well, lumber is still measured in Costa Rica using a system based on 4 vara , or 11 feet, for both round and square wood.
A number of units were used. One vara (lit. "pole", "yard") was equal to 0.838 m (32.99 inches) as it was legally defined also use inches and feet. [1] Some other units and legal equivalents are given below:
Andean Spanish typically uses more loans from Aymara and Quechua than other Spanish varieties. [1] In addition, some common words have different meanings. Pie, meaning "foot," can refer to the whole leg, due to Aymara influence. Siempre ("always") can mean "still." [1]
In some circles, the mean girl. South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso gestures to fans during practice for the NCAA Women’s Final Four championship basketball game Saturday, April 6, 2024, in ...
"6 Foot 7 Foot" is the first single off Tha Carter IV.The track is the first single Lil Wayne recorded following his release from prison on November 4, 2010, though it is the second song on which he has appeared since his prison release, after the final version of Birdman's single "Fire Flame", on which he had 2 verses.
Ped- conveys multiple meanings, from different Latin and Ancient Greek root words: 'Relating to feet', in words (e.g. pedestrian, pedicure) derived from Latin pes, genitive pedis, 'foot', from the Proto-Indo-European stem *ped-with the same meaning.
The foot of an adult European-American male is typically about 15.3% of his height, [10] giving a person of 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) a foot-length of about 268 mm (10.6 in), on average. Archaeologists believe that, in the past, the people of Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia preferred the cubit, while the people of Rome, Greece, and China preferred the foot
babucha — slippers, babouche, from Persian پاپوش pāpūš, literally meaning ' foot covering ' via Arabic بابوش bābūš. bazar — bazaar, from Persian بازار bāzār ' market '. berenjena — eggplant, aubergine, from Persian بادنجان bādenjān, of the same meaning, via Arabic بَاذِنْجَان bāḏinjān.