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Canna (pl. ''canne''; proper meaning in Italian: Cane) was an ancient Italian unit of length, which differed from place to place.
* Capua: 2.1768707 m (9th – 15th centuries)*
* Republic of Genoa: 2.49095 m
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Canna (pl. ''canne''; proper meaning in Italian: Cane) was an ancient Italian unit of length, which differed from place to place.
* Capua: 2.1768707 m (9th – 15th centuries)*
* Republic of Genoa: 2.49095 m
*Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...
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**canna: 2.1163952 m (edict of 6 April 1480)
**canna: 2.6455026 m (law of 6 April 1840)
**field surveying canna: 6.998684 m² (law of 6 April 1840)
*Romagna
Romagna ( rgn, Rumâgna) is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to t ...
: 1.9928 m
* Sicily: 2.062 m
* Tuscany
** field surveying canna, a.k.a. 5 "braccia" long "pertica": 2.9183 m
** canna (fabric): 0.58366 m
* Rome
**canna (architecture): 2.234 m
**commercial canna: 1.992 m
* Teramo: 3.17 m
* Malta: 2.08 m (2 yd, 10 in)
Sources
*{{cite book , author=Guidi, Giuseppe , title=Ragguaglio delle monete dei pesi e delle misure attualmente in uso negli stati italiani , publisher=Federico Pustet / Le Monnier , location=Firenze , language=Italian , url=http://xoomer.alice.it/vannigor/unitadimisura.htm , accessdate=12 July 2015 , year=1855 , origyear=1839Notes