ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cavan

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cavan is a noun meaning (Philippines, historical, chiefly Manila) A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.

Meaning

(Philippines, historical, chiefly Manila) A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.

More Meanings

  1. A unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan.
  2. (Philippines, dated) A sackful equivalent to 50 kilograms.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cunca, cawnie, cawney, cavel, cawny, cahiz.

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