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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic وَزْنَة (wazna).
Pronunciation
Noun
wiżna f (dual wiżintejn, plural użieni, paucal wiżniet)
- a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming and household contexts, equivalent to 5 ratal, that is officially 8.75 imperial pounds (3.969 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 4 kilogrammes
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