Manzana
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This article is about the alcoholic beverage and the area unit. For the music album, see Los Prisioneros.
Manzana, also known as manzanita and manzana verde, is a liquor generally made of wild apples. The name refers to the apples and not the alcoholic beverage which is usually clear in color. It has Spanish origins, more precisely of the Basque country. Its name manzana is apple in Spanish; verde is Spanish for "green".
Manzana contains from 15 to 20% of alcohol. It is sweet and tastes like green apples, similar in taste to pucker.
[edit] Area unit
The term manzana can also refer to an area unit.
1 Manzana (mz.) = 1.68 acres
1 Vara = 33 inches
1 Manzana = 10,000 sq. Varas
