onça

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onça

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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

noun onças · onca

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

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@misc{onc_a_2026,
  title = {onça},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on%C3%A7a},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}