Geira

The Geira , also Jeira, was a Portuguese measure of area and arable land and corresponded to the measure of morning .

The measure applied in Portugal and in the Brazilian Bahia and Rio de Janeiro . In different regions it was calculated according to the square Bracas with 4.84 square meters or one derived the size from the sowing. Minor deviations resulted from the different sizes of the vara .

1 geira = 57 4/5 ares
1 Geira = 1210 square Bracas = 4840 square Varas = 58.564 hectares = 58.258 ares

Individual evidence

^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ... Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 288
↑ Jakob Heinrich Kaltschmidt : The latest and most complete foreign dictionary to explain all words and expressions borrowed from foreign languages. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, p. 397
^ Johann Baptist Eckl: Applied arithmetic for use in Latin and secondary schools. JJ Lentner'sche Buchhandlung, Munich 1861, p. 273
↑ Natural history and chemical-technical notes based on the latest experience in practical applications for trade, factories and agriculture, Allgemeine Dt. Verl.-Anst., Berlin 1857, Volume 6, p. 337

[1] Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ... Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 288

[2] Jakob Heinrich Kaltschmidt : The latest and most complete foreign dictionary to explain all words and expressions borrowed from foreign languages. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, p. 397

[3] Johann Baptist Eckl: Applied arithmetic for use in Latin and secondary schools. JJ Lentner'sche Buchhandlung, Munich 1861, p. 273

[4] Natural history and chemical-technical notes based on the latest experience in practical applications for trade, factories and agriculture, Allgemeine Dt. Verl.-Anst., Berlin 1857, Volume 6, p. 337