Cigars are generally classified by their shape and size. These two combined are known as vitola.
Two factors determine the size of the cigar, the ring gauge and the length. The ring gauge is the diameter sixty-forths of an inch and the length is measured in inches.
The common shape of the cigar is called parejo. The following are the term sizes related to parejo:
- Coronas
- Rothschilds (4 1/2? x 50) after the Rothschild family
- Robusto (4 7/8? x 50)
- Hermosos No. 4 (5? x 48)
- Mareva/Petit Corona (5 1/8? x 42)
- Corona (5 1/2? x 42)
- Corona Gorda (5 5/8? x 46)
- Toro (6? x 50)
- Corona Grande (6 1/8? x 42)
- Cervantes/Lonsdale (6 1/2? x 42), named for Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
- Dalia (6 3/4? x 43)
- Julieta, also known as Churchill (7? x 47), named for Winston Churchill
- Prominente/Double Corona (7 5/8? x 49)
- Presidente (8? x 50)
- Gran Corona (
