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linha.

A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.3 mm.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.3 mm.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Portuguese linha (“line”), from Old Galician-Portuguese linha, from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Doublet of line, linea, and ligne.

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