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noun
Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
From Spanish milla (“Spanish mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“1000”) in reference to its composition of 1000 Roman paces. Doublet of mile and milha.
