Feminine

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)

Synonyms

legúa

incompetencia de mitral

insuficiencia de mitral

insuficiencia de válvula de mitral

regurgitation de mitral

milla marítima

Frequency

C1
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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