Hvat
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Hvat is a historical unit of measure that was common in Croatia. It has length equal to 1.896484 metres or 6 stopas (stopa is a historical unit similar to foot). Square hvat are "četvorni hvat" and cubic hvat are called "kubični hvat" (or colloquial: "kubik") . Kubični hvat is still sometimes used when measuring volume of firewood.
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- "Opća Enciklopedija Jugoslavenskog Leksikografskog Zavoda", Zagreb, 1977
- http://hgk.biznet.hr/hgk/fileovi/2121.pdf
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