caván

Spanish

Alternative forms

• caban

Etymology

From Tagalog kaban. Also from Cebuano kaban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈban/ [kaˈβ̞ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ca‧ván

Noun

caván m (plural cavanes)

1. (Philippines, historical, chiefly Manila) a cavan; a unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels
2. a unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan

Descendants

• → English: cavan

Further reading

• “caván”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28