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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Vara \Va"ra\, noun [Sp. See 1st {Vare}.] A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches. --Johnson's Cyc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

vara

noun: a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities
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