Covīdo

Covīdo

Covīdo (Cobid, Maß), Längenmaß in Indien, so in Amboina = 0,46 Metre in Calicut, Georgetown, Ajeng u. Madras = 0,45719 Metre, in Hyderabad = 0,89745 Metre, in Malacca = 0,45854 Metre.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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