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rottolo

rottolo is the alternative form of rottol.

Meaning of rottol

Noun

rottol (plural rottols)

  1. (historical) A former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight, usually between 1–5 pounds (0.5–2.5 kg).
    • ROTTOLO, in Commerce, a weight used in Italy and the Levant. At Aleppo, and its port Scanderoon, the cantaro contains 100 rottoli, each of which is subdivided into 12 ounces, or 720 drachms; the great cantaro of Tripoli contains 175 rottoli, and the zurlo consists of 27½ rottoli. This rottolo, with...1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, p. 614
    Synonyms:
    pound

Forms of rottolo

pluralrottolos
pluralrottoli

Origin of rottolo

Variant of Italian rotolo, from Arabic رُطْل (ruṭl), variant of classical رِطْل (riṭl), from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).

Questions about rottolo

What is rottolo the alternative form of?
Rottolo is the alternative form of rottol.

Words near rottolo in the dictionary

  1. Rottnest
  2. Rottnest Island pine
  3. Rotto
  4. rottol
  5. rottoli
  6. rottolo
  7. rottolos
  8. rottols
  9. Rotts
  10. Rottum
  11. rottweiler

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