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Mitta is a term with several uses in different languages and contexts. The most prominent in historical measurement is as a Finnish unit of length and as a generic term for a measure.

In Finnish usage, mitta is a traditional unit of length that appeared in older measurement systems used

As a common noun in Finnish, mitta denotes a measured amount and is used in everyday language

Beyond Finnish usage, the form mitta also appears in other languages as part of personal names or

before
complete
adoption
of
the
metric
system.
The
precise
value
of
a
mitta
varied
by
region
and
period,
and
it
was
employed
in
land
surveying,
farming,
and
trade.
With
standardization
and
the
adoption
of
the
metric
system
in
the
19th
and
20th
centuries,
mitta
ceased
to
be
used
as
an
official
unit,
though
it
remains
encountered
in
historical
documents
and
in
idiomatic
expressions
referring
to
a
"measure"
of
something.
to
refer
to
quantities,
as
in
phrases
describing
a
portion
or
amount
of
an
item.
place-names.
In
these
contexts,
the
word
is
not
connected
to
the
Finnish
unit
unless
explicitly
stated.