mijl
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noun
- English or American mile, a unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 km
- historicalmijl, 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 74…
- historical, now proscribedsynonym of kilometer, kilometer, used during the initial conversion to the metric system in the 19th century
Forms
noun
| plural | mijlen |
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| diminutive neuter | mijltje |