Feminine
mijl
Meaning
- (feminine) English or American mile, a unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 km
- (feminine, historical) mijl, Dutch mile or league, a unit of length notionally equivalent to an hour's walk, usually reckoned as about 5–6 km
- (feminine, historical) nautical or geographical mile, a unit of length now equal to a minute of arc reckoned as exactly 1852 m or previously to ¼ degree, about 7400 m
- (feminine, historical, proscribed) synonym of kilometer, kilometer, used during the initial conversion to the metric system in the 19th century
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Meile
milla
miglio
milha
milla
mil
mille
mila
μίλιFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɛi̯l/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch mile and myle, ultimately from Latin mīlia.
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