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mil.

A Scandinavian mile.

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/miːl/
  1. A Scandinavian mile. Unit of length, equal to 10,000 meters

    common-gender
  2. A Scandinavian mile. Unit of length, equal to 18,000 ells or 10,688.54 meters

    common-gender
  3. A Scandinavian mile. Unit of length, with varying measurements depending on time period and region.

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed through Low German, from Latin mil(l)ia (passum) "thousand (steps)." First attested in the latter half of the 14th century.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.