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Canna (pl. ''canne''; proper meaning in Italian: Cane) was an ancient Italian
Canna (pl. ''canne''; proper meaning in Italian: Cane) was an ancient Italian unit of length
A unit of length refers to any arbitrarily chosen and accepted reference standard for measurement of length. The most common units in modern use are the metric units, used in every country globally. In the United States the U.S. customary uni ...
, which differed from place to place.
*Capua
Capua ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.
History
Ancient era
The name of Capua comes from the Etrus ...
: 2.1768707 m (9th – 15th centuries)*
*Republic of Genoa
The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the La ...
: 2.49095 m
* Kingdom of Naples:
**canna: 2.1163952 m (edict of 6 April 1480)
**canna: 2.6455026 m (law of 6 April 1840)
**field surveying canna: 6.998684 m² (law of 6 April 1840)
* Romagna: 1.9928 m
*Sicily
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: 2.062 m
*Tuscany
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** field surveying canna, a.k.a. 5 "braccia" long "pertica": 2.9183 m
** canna (fabric): 0.58366 m
*Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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**canna (architecture): 2.234 m
**commercial canna: 1.992 m
*Teramo
Teramo (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Tèreme ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.
The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines ( Gran Sasso d'Itali ...
: 3.17 m
*Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
: 2.08 m (2 yd, 10 in)
Sources
*{{cite book , author=Guidi, Giuseppe , title=Ragguaglio delle monete dei pesi e delle misure attualmente in uso negli stati italiani , publisher=Federico Pustet / Le Monnier , location=Firenze , language=Italian , url=http://xoomer.alice.it/vannigor/unitadimisura.htm , accessdate=12 July 2015 , year=1855 , origyear=1839Notes