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oitavas

oitavas is the plural of oitava.

Meaning of oitava

Noun

oitava (plural oitavas)

  1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 1.6–2.4 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
  2. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 3.6 grams.
  3. (historical) A traditional Brazilian unit of weight, equivalent to 17.44 carats, typically used for gold and precious stones.

Questions about oitavas

What is oitavas the plural of?
Oitavas is the plural of oitava.

Words near oitavas in the dictionary

  1. oisters
  2. Oisterwijk
  3. OIT
  4. Oita
  5. oitava
  6. oitavas
  7. oiter
  8. oithonid
  9. oithonids
  10. oiticica
  11. oiticica oil

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