What do "geira" and "o que a cidade encera" mean in the poem below?
What do the word "geira" and the expression "o que a cidade encera" mean in the poem below (it's "Minha Terra" by Adalberto Marroquim)?
Minha terra! O que eu chamo minha terra
É uma geira de humilde condição,
Pobre de tudo o que a cidade encera
Mas milionária de vegetação.
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"geira" is an ancient unit of land measurement, like "bushel".
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"encerar" figuratively means "abranger". "que a cidade encera" may mean "that the city includes/comprises/embraces...
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