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noun
A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.3 mm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Qualifier: measure
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
