Vara

noun

1. A Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American unit of linear measure varying from about 81 to 109 centimeters (32 to 43 inches).
2. A square vara.
3. A Spanish-American linear measure. In Texas the vara is regarded as equal to 33⅓ English inches; in California, by common consent, it is taken to be exactly 33 English inches. In Mexico it is 32.9927 inches.
4. A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
5. a unit of length, a yard.