Vara

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vara \Va"ra\, n. [Sp. See 1st {Vare}.]
     A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara
     now in use equals 33.385 inches. --Johnson's Cyc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  vara
       n : a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different
           values in different localities