ganta

In the Philippines, late 19th – 20th centuries, a unit of capacity, = 8 chupas = 3 liters (3.17 U.S. liquid quarts or 2.72 U.S. dry quarts). chart symbol

The above magnitude is after metrification. The ganta is a type of gantang, a measure found throughout the East Indies.

United Nations, 1966.

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