Moio (unit)
Moio or mojo, formerly moyo, from the Latin "wikt:modius#Latin, modius", was a metrological term used for grain and liquid in Galicia, Portugal and its colonies. In ancient Rome, the moio ("Ancient Roman units of measurement#Dry measure, modius") was a measure of capacity equivalent to 8.7 to 9.2 liters, liter. Throughout the history of Portugal, ''moio'' has designated different measures, whether of capacity for solids and liquids, or for surfaces of land. As a measure of capacity, it was usually defined by a number of alqueire, alqueires or almude, almudes and divided into 4 quarteiro, quarteiros. The transformation of the volume measure into a surface measure (agrarian measure) occurred by determining the average area of land that could be sown with a ''moio'' of seed. * 1 moio = 15 fanga (unit), fangas/fanegas = 60 alqueires, alqueire = 120 meios alqueires (1/2 alqueire) = 240 quartas = 480 oitavas = 960 sixteenths (half eights) = 1,920 Maquía (unit), maquias. The moio was us ...
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Modius
Modius may refer to: * an Ancient Roman units of measurement#Dry measure, ancient Roman unit for dry measures, (8.73 L) roughly equivalent to a peck * a Ancient Roman units of measurement#Area, medieval Roman unit for area, approximately 40 acres * Modius (headdress), a type of cylindrical headdress so called for its resemblance to the measure of grain * Modius, the family name of the Modia (gens) See also

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