Rasa (unit)

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Rasa , also Raza , was a Portuguese measure of volume. Alqueire , similar to the bushel in Lisbon with around 13.8 liters for grain , was different in Portugal and Brazil by product and region.

1 Rasa = 1 Alqueire ≈ 20 liters

See also

Raza, the measure of salt

literature

Peter Kurzwell: The Vieweg unit lexicon. Friedrich Vieweg and Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-528-06987-2 , p. 326.