caban

plural cabans

1. PhilippinesA grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine Islands.

   After a good harvest the caban fetches four reales; but just before the harvest the price rises to one dollar, and often much higher.

   1916, Fedor Jagor, Tomas de Comyn, Chas. Wilkes, Rudolf Virchow., The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes

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   Eusebio Mazorca further states: [105]--"The Governor receives payment of the tribute in rice-paddy, which he credits to the native at two reales in silver per caban.

   1906, John Foreman, The Philippine Islands

plural Cabans

1. A surname.