milla

Meaning

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)

Concepts

mile

nautical mile

knot

mi

league

Hyphenated as

mi‧lla

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmiʝa/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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.