caván
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Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Tagalog kaban. Also from Cebuano kaban.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caván m (plural cavanes)
- (Philippines, historical, chiefly Manila) a cavan; a unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels
- a unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan
Descendants[edit]
- → English: cavan
Further reading[edit]
- “caván”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- es:Units of measure