Alqueire is a traditional unit of measurement in Portuguese. The term has been documented in Portugal since the 12th century. It is derived from the Arabic word أَكْيَال (al-kayl), which roughly means 'measure'. It was originally used to measure the amount of dry goods (such as grain) a pack animal could carry, in the form of satchels or baskets. In Portugal, the alqueire was used as a measure of capacity and eventually it was used also as a measure of area of productive land. The spread of Portuguese culture took both meanings of the word to different parts of the world.
Alqueire is a traditional unit of measurement in Portuguese. The term has been documented in Portugal since the 12th century. It is derived from the Arabic...
alqueire was equal to 40 to 320 L (generally for grain 33 L) (According to some sources, 1 alqueire = 5.324 L, alqueire (salt) = 4.076 L, 1 alqueire (common)...
was more present in the south of the country. Fundamental units like the alqueire and the almude were imported by the northwest of Portugal in the 11th century...
4Complete, but some non-metric units are used for specific areas: rural land – alqueire; cattle weight – arroba; screen sizes – polegada; tyre pressure – libra-força...
Distributism", in The Hound of Distributism. Corção, Gustavo (1946). Três alqueires e uma vaca: Capa com desenho de G. K. Chesterton (in Brazilian Portuguese)...
equivalent to the alqueire of that system (8.7 liters). In the system introduced by Pedro I, the almude was again equivalent to 2 alqueires (about 19.7 liters)...
e Vasconcellos ordered the landowners in Furnas to plant at least one alqueire of taro in order to stave off malnutrition, provide feed for pigs and later...
be a test area for the use of the alqueire unit of measure in the distribution and productivity of lands. The alqueire, equivalent to Roman (8.733 litres)...
Order of Christ, and had for an abode as a Squire 2230 réis a month and 1 alqueire (between 13 and 22 litres) of barley a day, married his relative Lourença...
the Royal House with 16$000 réis per month of Fidalgo Cavaleiro and a alqueire of barley per day. In 1748, Pereira de Sampaio achieved what is considered...
residence, and 34 alqueires of wheat, 30 alqueires of rye and 27 almudes of wine; the remaining clergy received 10.000 réis and 30 alqueires of rye; the parish...
of customs. Exports of wheat and dried beef also began. In 1816, 400 alqueires of wheat were traded to Lisbon and, in 1818, more than 120 thousand arrobas...
Miragaia shipyards were paid at the fountain. The merchants, for each alqueire of product, was required to pay on colher (spoon) of tribute. The waters...
deforested to make way for large cattle farms or for small farms of 5–15 alqueires around urban locations. Jânio Quadros came to power in 1955 and took a...
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