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METRIC

millimetre
centimetre
metre
kilometre
decametre
decimetre
micrometre

IMPERIAL

inch
foot
mile
yard
span
league

MARINE

fathom
nautical mile

SURVEYING

chain
rod

ASTRONOMICAL

earth radius
lunar distance
AU
light year
parsec

ARCHAIC

cana
cubit
rope
league
li
pace
verst

MEDIEVAL DANISH

mil
palme
alen
linie
rut
fod
kvarter
tomme
skrupel

MEDIEVAL DUTCH

duim
kleine palm
grote palm
voet
el
mijl
rijnland rod

RUSSIAN (OBSOLETE)

tochka
liniya
dyuim
vershok
piad
fut
arshin
sazhen
versta
milya

ANCIENT GREEK (OBSOLETE)

endeze
arsin
meimar zire
daktylos
kondylos
palaiste
dichas
lichas
orthodoron
spithame
pous
pygme
pygon
pechys
haploun bema
bema
orgyia
kalamos
hamma
plethron
stadion
diaulos
hippikon
milion
dolichos
parasanges
schoinos
stage

TATAR (OBSOLETE)

duym
qaris
fut
cirek
arsin
sajin
caqrim
mil
atni tuqtawsiz yuriyu
cäyäwleneñ könlek yulı
cäyäwleneñ aylıq yulı

ROMAN

digitus
uncia pollex
palmus
palmus major
pes
palmipes
cubitus
gradus pes sesteritus
passus
decempeda pertica
actus
stadium
mille passus
leuga

FINNISH (OBSOLETE)

kyynara
syli
peninkulma
poronkusema
kortelli
linja
tuuma
vaaksa
jalka
vakomitta
paivamatka
askel
kivenheitto

MEDIEVAL FRENCH

lieue commune
roman cubit
lieue marine
lieue de poste
lieue metrique
arpent
toise
pied de roi
pouce
ligne

MEDIEVAL GERMAN

meile
anhalt
baden
bohmen
brabant
bayern
hamburg
hessen-kassel
lippe-detmold
oldenburg
osnabruck
pfalz
rheinland
sachsen
schleswig-holstein
vienna
wiesbaden
wurttemberg
reichsmeile
wegstunde
elle
rheinfuss
zoll

MEDIEVAL NORWEGIAN

alen
favn
fjerdingsvei
fot
linje
las
landmil
mil
rast
steinkast
stang
tomme
skrupel

MEDIEVAL ROMANIAN

palma
stanjen
pas mic
pas mare
lat de palma
cot
leghe
versta

MEDIEVAL SCOTTISH

ell
fall
mile

MEDIEVAL SPANISH (CASTILIAN)

pulgada
linea
punto
pie
vara
paso
legua

MEDIEVAL SWEDISH

aln
famn
kvarter
fot
linje
mil
nymil
kyndermil
skogsmil
fjardingsvard
stenkast
ref
stang
tum
tvarhand

UNUSUAL UNITS

rack unit
hand
football field
beard-second
altuve
smoot
sheppey
wiffle
barleycorn

TYPOGRAPHIC

agate
point
pica

FICTIONAL

bloit

ETHIOPIAN (HISTORICAL)

pic
farsang
berri

ENGLISH (HISTORICAL)

barleycorn
line
digit
finger
hand
nail
palm
shaftment
link
span
cubit
ell

ERITREAN

cubi
emmet

GUINEAN (HISTORICAL)

pik
jacktan

LIBYAN (HISTORICAL)

handaze
palmo
draa

MOROCCAN (HISTORICAL

cubit
pic
tonni

ARABIC (HISTORICAL)

cabda
arabic foot
dira
orgye
qasab
seir
ghalva
parasang
barid
marhala

CAMBODIAN (HISTORICAL)

phyeam
sen
yoch

INDONESIAN (HISTORICAL)

depa
hasta
kilan

JAPANESE (HISTORICAL)

mo
rin
bu
sun
shaku
ken
jo
cho
ri

PERSIAN (HISTORICAL)

angosht
dva
trayas
remen
pank-a dva
(k)swacsh dva
pank'a
daca trayas
chebel
parasang

SRI LANKAN (HISTORICAL)

ratharenu
likkha
ukha
dhannamaasa
aangula
viyatha

NEPALESE (HISTORICAL)

kos
angul
dharnugrah
dharnurmushti
vitastaa
dand
kos
yojan
faath

VIETNAMESE (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

truong
ngu
thuoc
tac
phan
ly
hao
ti
hot
vi

THAI HISTORICAL

krabiat
nio
kheup
sok
wa
sen
yot

TAMIL (HISTORICAL)

mayirnuni
nunnmanal
siru-kadugu
yel
nel
san
mulam
kadam

PORTUGUESE (HISTORICAL)

braca
toesa
passo geometrico
vara
covado
pe
palmo de craveira
polegada
linha
ponto

HUNGARIAN (HISTORICAL)

merfold
marok
arsin
stab

FRENCH (HISTORICAL)

point
ligne
pouce
pied du roi
toise
perche d'arpent
arpent
lieue ancienne
lieue de paris
lieue de postes

CHINESE LENGTHS USED IN 1915

li
fen
cun
chi
bu
zhang
yin
li

CHINESE LENGTHS USED 1930 ONWARDS

fen
cun
chi
zhang
yin
li

MONGOLIAN (HISTORICAL)

humsnii tolio
huruu
yamh
barim
muhar soom
uzur soom
too
muhar tohoi
uzur tohoi
alham
delem
egem
ald
gorom
beer
xarax