"cunca" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cuncas [plural]
Etymology: From Galician cunca (“bowl, ¹⁄₆₀ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, from Latin concha (“mussel, vessel”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “shell, mussel”). Etymology templates: {{frac|1|60}} ¹⁄₆₀, {{bor|en|gl|cunca||bowl, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₆₀</small> Galician bushel}} Galician cunca (“bowl, ¹⁄₆₀ Galician bushel”), {{der|en|roa-opt|cunca}} Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, {{der|en|la|concha||mussel, vessel}} Latin concha (“mussel, vessel”), {{der|en|grc|κόγχη|t=shell, mussel}} Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “shell, mussel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cunca (plural cuncas)
  1. (historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-cunca-en-noun-3uWJ8hrz Disambiguation of Units of measure: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. (historical) A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cunca of seed, varying from 5–60 m² in different parts of Galicia. Tags: historical Categories (place): Spain Coordinate_terms (unit of area): ferrado (12 cuncas)
    Sense id: en-cunca-en-noun-Sd8Lqi3j Disambiguation of Spain: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'unit of area': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms (unit of volume): cuartillo (1⁄2 cunca), esca (6 cuncas), ferrado (12 cuncas), fanega (60 cuncas)
Disambiguation of 'unit of volume': 51 49

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