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Definition of Arroba

Arroba
Arroba Ar*ro"ba, n. [Sp. and Pg., from Ar. arrub, ar-rubu, a fourth part.] 1. A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir. 2. A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.

Meaning of Arroba from wikipedia

- Arroba is a Portuguese and Spanish custom unit of weight, m**** or volume. Its symbol is @. The word arroba has its origin in Arabic ar-rubʿ (الربع) or...
- prompted some writers to use the French arobase or Spanish and Portuguese arroba, or to coin new words such as ampersat and asperand, or the (visual) onomatopoeia...
- Miguel Arrobas (born 30 September 1974) is a Portuguese backstroke swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...
- Arroba de los Montes is a muni****lity in the Province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a po****tion of 611. 39°09′16″N 4°32′37″W / 39...
- On December 1, XHMC was relaunched as "Arroba Sin Límites", retaining the name of its previous pop format (Arroba FM/@FM) while adding that used on Larsa's...
- water-driven sugar mill on Madeira, sugar production increased to over 6,000 arrobas (an arroba was equal to 11 to 12 kilograms or 24 to 26 pounds) by 1455, using...
- the name to a new synthesizer-based group that he formed with Jérémie Arrobas (vocals, keyboards) and his brothers Stefan Doroschuk (b****) and Colin...
- a 2013 album by John Zorn and Thurston Moore @ (unit), a custom unit (arroba) A (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with...
- or tax on the ships that called in Málaga, demanding an amount for each arroba of weight that they embarked. In this way, throughout the entire 18th century...
- traditionally measured arroba (12.5 kg) but normally given in kg today. the zilindroa (cylinder), usually weighing 8, 9 or 10 arroba (100, 112.5 or 125 kg)...