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marcal

marcal is the alternative form of mercall.

Meaning of mercall

Noun

mercall (plural mercalls)

  1. (India, historical) A grain measure in use in the Madras Presidency, varying in different localities, but typically 12 sers; fixed since 1846 at 800 cubic inches.

Forms of marcal

pluralmarcals

Questions about marcal

What is marcal the alternative form of?
Marcal is the alternative form of mercall.

Words near marcal in the dictionary

  1. Marcade
  2. Marcades
  3. Marcadet
  4. Marcadets
  5. marcaine
  6. marcal
  7. marcals
  8. Marcan
  9. Marcan priority
  10. marcando
  11. Marcano

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marcal (page history and authors); mercall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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