Feminine
Meaning
- (feminine) English or American mile (a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.6 km)
- (feminine, historical) milla, Spanish mile (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to 1,000 pasos, about 1.4 km)
Synonyms
legúa
incompetencia de mitral
insuficiencia de mitral
insuficiencia de válvula de mitral
regurgitation de mitral
milla marítima
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mi‧lla
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmiʝa/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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