cunca

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noun

A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured.

OriginGalician cunca ← Old Galician-Portuguese cunca ← Latin concha →
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Meanings

nouncunca (plural cuncas)

plural cuncas

  1. historicalA traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured.
  2. historicalA traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cunca of seed, varying from 5–60 m² in different parts of Galicia.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκόγχη“shell, mussel”
  2. Latinconcha“mussel, vessel”
  3. Old Galician-Portuguesecunca
  4. Galiciancunca“bowl, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₆₀</small> Galician bushel”
  5. Englishcunca

From Galician cunca (“bowl, ¹⁄₆₀ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, from Latin concha (“mussel, vessel”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “shell, mussel”).

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APA

cunca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cunca

MLA

“cunca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cunca. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cunca,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cunca.

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