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va·ra

(vär′ə)

1. A Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American unit of linear measure varying from about 81 to 109 centimeters (32 to 43 inches).

2. A square vara.

[Spanish and Portuguese, rod, both from Latin vāra, forked pole, from vārus, bent.]

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vara

(ˈvɑːrə)

(Units) a unit of length used in Spain, Portugal, and South America and having different values in different localities, usually between 32 and 43 inches (about 80 to 108 centimetres)

[C17: via Spanish from Latin: wooden trestle, from vārus crooked]

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va•ra

(ˈvɑr ə)

n., pl. -ras.

a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).

[1595–1605; < Sp]

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vara - a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities

linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length

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At last, when we had passed a couple of hours or so, very agreeably, he suddenly took up his hat, and leaning over the table and looking me full in the face, said, in a low voice: "Weel, Misther, we've been vara pleasant toogather, and ar'll spak' my moind tiv'ee.

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