vara

noun

A Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American unit of linear measure varying from about 81 to 109 centimeters (32 to 43 inches).

noun

A square vara.

noun

A Spanish-American linear measure. In Texas the vara is regarded as equal to 33⅓ English inches; in California, by common consent, it is taken to be exactly 33 English inches. In Mexico it is 32.9927 inches.

noun

A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.

noun

a unit of length, a yard.

noun

a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities