Cana (unit)

A cana was a unit of length used in the former Crown of Aragon. The exact meaning was not consistent, but the use in Barcelona was a distance of 1.57 metres (5 ft 2 in). It is around the same value as the vara of Aragon, a rarely used Spanish and Portuguese unit of length.

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