In Vietnam, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of dry capacity used for cereals, = 2 milliliters.
United Nations, 1966.
De Rhodes entry below suggests there was an earlier unit of length with a similiar name.
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saò: vara: pertica, æ.
saò: vara: pertica, æ.
Alexandro de Rhodes.
Dictionarivm Annnamiticum Lusitanvm et Latinvm…
Romæ: Typis, & sumptibus eiusdem Sacr. Congreg., 1651.
Column 678.
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