kantar

American

[kahn-tahr] / kɑnˈtɑr /

noun

(in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.

kantar British

/ kænˈtɑː /

noun

a unit of weight used in E Mediterranean countries, equivalent to 100 pounds or 45 kilograms but varying from place to place

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Etymology

Origin of kantar

1545–55; < Arabic qinṭar ≪ Latin centenārium; see quintal

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The larger ones are said to have shot stones of "a kantar and even more."

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

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