Some believe it derived from the double cubit, or that it originated from cubic measure, others from its near equivalents, such as the length of a stride or pace.

It was the near equivalent of "middle class" America on Ivatan soil, and it was known as "Little America" to the locals.

Jane Alexander, an activist, dismissed the notion that traditional plant breeding was the near equivalent of genetic engineering.

Cruces is a Spanish word that is the near equivalent of the English word crosses.

Perhaps her most telling observation concerns the way Washingtonians talk of beyond-the-Beltway America as "out there," which she called "the near equivalent of the schoolkid's term 'the real world.'

County, therefore, is a near equivalent of Shahrestan in English.

Gentlemen at Arms is a near etymological equivalent to the term gendarme.

Civilians looked surprised, and a donkey brayed a near equivalent to the Bagpipes' sound.

TNT has been aggressively marketing itself as a near equivalent to the broadcast networks.

In the Netherlands, a near equivalent of "limousine liberal" would be "salon socialist".