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w serz

English translation: its width is half of its length (w szerz)

23:48 Feb 11, 2020
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
Polish term or phrase: w serz
Havng trouble with the following sentence in an 18th century history book. This particular section offers a brief description of the island of Malta:

Malta ma w zdłuż na mil 20. w serz połową długości swoiey mnieysza, na około zaś do 60. mil liczy.

Any help would be appreciated as I'm struggling to make an sense out of the first part of the sentence.
John McCarthy
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:32
English translation:its width is half of its length (w szerz)
Explanation:
imo
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 14:32
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4 +2its width is half of its length (w szerz)
Darius Saczuk


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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
its width is half of its length (w szerz)


Explanation:
imo

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 14:32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.: its width is less than half of its length
1 hr
  -> OK. Thank you, Frank.
agree  TranslateWithMe: without "less"
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, TranslateWithMe.
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