onça
nounEtymology From Portuguese onça, from Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, inch, onza, oka, ouguiya, awqiyyah, and uncia
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Historical A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.
- Coordinate terms
- grao (1⁄576 onça), vintem (1⁄256 onça), quilate (1⁄144 onça), escropulo (1⁄24 onça), oitava (1⁄8 onça), quarta (4 onças), marco (8 onças), libra, arratel (16 onças)