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Cana (unit)

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A cana was a unit of length used in the former Crown of Aragon. The exact meaning was not consistent, but the use in Barcelona was a distance of {{convert|1.57|m|lk=on}}.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} It is around the same value as the vara of Aragon, a rarely used Spanish and Portuguese unit of length.

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{{cite book | last=Gilbert | first=E.W. | last2=Beckinsale | first2=R.P. | title=Spain & Portugal: Spain | publisher=Naval Intelligence Division | series=Its Geographical handbook series | year=1944 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=he0bAAAAMAAJ | accessdate=February 15, 2015}} Quote: "Catalonia has its own units, the media cana (length) being approximately of the same value as the varas of Aragon".

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Category:Obsolete units of measurement

Category:Units of length

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