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In Puerto Rico, a cuerda is a traditional unit of land area nearly equivalent to 3,930 square meters, [1] [2] or 4,700 square yards, 0.971 acre, or 0.393 hectare (ha). The precise conversion is 1 cuerda = 3,930.395625 m 2. [2] The term "Spanish acre" instead has been used sometimes by mainlanders. [1]
Its standardized value is 20.873 cm (8.2177 in) (9 pulgadas). Half of a palmo in Castile was called the coto , described as six fingers and defined as 10.4365 cm (4.10886 in). The ancient Romans had a similar, smaller unit called the palmus , which was 7.3925 cm (2.91043 in).
The English word "inch" (Old English: ynce) was an early borrowing from Latin uncia ("one-twelfth; Roman inch; Roman ounce"). [2] The vowel change from Latin /u/ to Old English /y/ (which became Modern English /ɪ/) is known as umlaut. [citation needed] The consonant change from the Latin /k/ (spelled c) to English /tʃ/ is palatalisation.
The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU or teu) is a general unit of cargo capacity, often used for container ships and container ports. [1] It is based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box that can be easily transferred between different modes of transportation, such as ships, trains, and trucks.
Paisa (also transliterated as pice, pesa, poysha, poisha and baisa) is a monetary unit in several countries.The word is also a generalised idiom for money and wealth. In India, Nepal, and Pakistan, the paisa currently equals 1 ⁄ 100 of a rupee.
A cuesta (Spanish for 'slope') is a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other. In geology, the term is more specifically applied to a ridge where a harder sedimentary rock overlies a softer layer, the whole being tilted somewhat from the horizontal.
[2] The dimensions of threshing boards varied. In Spain, they could be up to approximately two metres in length and a metre and a half wide. There were also smaller threshing boards, as little about a metre-and-a-half long and a metre wide. [note 1] The thickness of the slats of the threshing board is some five or six cm. Nonetheless, since ...
Pies Descalzos (transl. Bare Feet, Spanish: [ˌpjez ð̞esˈkal.sos]) is the third studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on 6 October 1995, by Sony Music Colombia. Its music incorporates Latin pop styles, additionally experimenting with pop rock elements.