Canna (unit)

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:
 * 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: 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)