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vara¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”).

noun varas

  1. historical A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm. At such exorbitant rates, common calicoes, and even bleached and brown domestic goods, sold as high as two and three dollars per vara (or Spanish yard of thirty-three inches).

    Similar: Spanish rod, Spanish ell, Spanish yard, rod, ell, yard

  2. historical A traditional Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 1.1 m.

    Similar: Portuguese rod, Portuguese ell, Portuguese yard, rod, ell, yard

  3. historical A traditional Spanish unit of area, equivalent to about 0.7 m².

VARA²

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Visual Artists Rights Act

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of volume at risk approach

Vara³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Vara.

proper noun Varas

  1. A surname from Spanish.

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@misc{vara_2026,
  title = {vara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}