milla

Significat

1. (feminine) English or American mile (a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.6 km)
2. (feminine,historical) milla, Spanish mile (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to 1,000 pasos, about 1.4 km)

Amb guionet com

mi‧lla

Gènere

♀️ Femení

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmiʝa/

Etimologia

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) in reference to its composition of a thousand Roman paces. In reference to the English unit, calqued from English mile. Cognate with Catalan milla and Portuguese milha.

Sents

Algunos soldados llegaron tan cerca como a media milla de la zona cero .

Some soldiers came as close as half a mile from ground zero.