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Encyclopedia > Uncia

Uncia can mean:

  • Uncia (coin), an ancient Roman bronze coin
  • Snow Leopard, Uncia uncia

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Genus Uncia or snow leopard (503 words)
uncia is also protected by national legislation across most of its range (Nowell and Jackson 1996), with hunting bans in place in Bhutan (only in protected areas, which cover most of snow leopard range in this country), China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
The UNCIA is an independent agency of the international community responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities in the interest global stability; headed by the Director of International Intelligence (Michael Joseph Kappel) under the supervision of the United Nations and all people of the world.
The paws of the snow leopard are large and furry, which is helpful for insulation, protection for rocks, and for traction in the snow and ice.
Uncia (coin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (215 words)
The uncia, a Latin word used for a twelfth of anything, was a unit of length (equivalent to an inch, one-twelfth of a pes or foot) and of weight (equivalent to an ounce, one-twelfth of a libra or pound).
By derivation, it was also the name of a bronze coin valued at one-twelfth of an as produced during the Roman Republic.
The uncia had a theoretical weight of about 27 grams under the libral standard and was produced occasionally towards the beginning of Roman cast bronze coinage.
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