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noun
An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
From Russian бе́рковец (bérkovec); derived from бе́рковеск (bérkovesk), Old East Slavic бьрковьскъ (bĭrkovĭskŭ, “of Birka”), ultimately Old Norse Birka, a port city in mediaeval Sweden.
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