mijl.
English or American mile, a unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 km
Meaning & usage
English or American mile, a unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 km
mijl, Dutch mile or league, a unit of length notionally equivalent to an hour's walk, usually reckoned as about 5–6 km
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
synonym of kilometer, kilometer, used during the initial conversion to the metric system in the 19th century
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch mile and myle, ultimately from Latin mīlia.
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