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onça

onça noun: a traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.

Noun

onça (plural onças)

  1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.

Forms of onça

pluralonças
alternative formonca

Origin of onça

From Portuguese onça, from Latin ū̆ncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, inch, onza, oka, ouguiya, awqiyyah, and uncia

Questions about onça

What does onça mean?
Onça means a traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.
What part of speech is onça?
Onça is a noun.
What is the plural of onça?
The plural of onça is onças.

Words near onça in the dictionary

  1. onyxes
  2. onyxitis
  3. onz
  4. onza
  5. onzas
  6. onça
  7. Onųdaʔgegáʔ
  8. oo
  9. oo arr
  10. oo oo aa aa
  11. oo-

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