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In Guatemala, a cuerda is a traditional unit of distance, equal to exactly 25 varas [1] or almost 21 meters (nearly 69 feet).. During 19th-century Spain, a cuerda was a unit of length, of nearly 6.889 m (approx. 7.554 yd). [2]
The traditional French pinte used in Lower Canada was twice the size of the traditional English "pint" used in Upper Canada . After four of the British provinces united in the Canadian Confederation in 1867, Canada legally adopted the British imperial system of measure in 1873, making Canadian liquid units incompatible with American ones from ...
As open land became less available for granting by the Spanish Crown, and as portions of caballerías were pieced apart by their owners in sales transactions into smaller land units too small to be measured in caballerías and, thus, measured in the more convenient cuerda units, the use of caballería units started to become obsolete.
This is now the most common sense of the word in all varieties of English; it has long been established in American English and has since become common in Britain and other English-speaking countries as well. [1] [2] [3] 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. one million million, or 10 12 (ten to the twelfth power), as defined on the long scale. This number ...
Mi fortuna es amarte (English title: Your Love Is My Fortune) [1] is a Mexican telenovela that aired on Las Estrellas from 8 November 2021 to 13 March 2022. [2] [3] The series is produced by Nicandro Díaz González. It is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela La quiero a morir created by Luis Felipe Salamanca. [4]
The Asociación de Scouts del Perú was founded by Juan Luis Rospigliosi (June, 24 1854-July 24, 1935) [2] on May 25, 1911 at Barranco English Institute in Lima. [3] In October 1913 the second Scout brigade formed. In 1916, the Society of Girl Guides was founded by the first Chief Guide, Elsa Hansen Daranyi. [4]
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish: [biˈtoɾja ɣasˈtejθ,-ɣasˈtejs]; Basque: [bitoɾia ɣas̺teis̻]; also historically spelled Vittoria in English) [2] [3] is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country and of the province of Álava in northern Spain.
Mañana es para siempre (English title: Tomorrow Is Forever) [1] is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2008. [2] It is an adaption of the 2007 Colombian telenovela Pura sangre. It aired on Canal de las Estrellas from October 20, 2008 to June 12, 2009.