adj. 1. denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-seven items or units; -- representing the number twenty-seven as Arabic numerals Syn. -- twenty-seven, xxvii [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
[り, ri] (n) (1) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles); (2) (See 郷里制, 国郡里制) neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); (3) (See 条里制) unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m); (P)#1164