Pulgada

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 2.3 cm historical

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inchspanish inch

Etymology

From Spanish pulgada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicata, from Latin pollicaris (“of or related to a thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Doublet of polegada.

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