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A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: geographical mile (very close to the same distance)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sea mile, geographical mile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mile
Synonym of sea mile, a historical Scandinavian unit of distance equal to about 4 nmi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sea mile
Antonyms: none provided
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nautical linear unit
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nautical linear unit
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مِيل بَحْرِيّ
(mīl baḥriyy)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Bulgarian:
мо́рска ми́ля
(mórska mílja)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Chinese Mandarin:
海里
(hǎilǐ)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Chinese Mandarin:
海浬
(hǎilǐ)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Czech:
námořní míle
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Danish:
sømil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Danish:
nautisk mil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Dutch:
zeemijl
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Esperanto:
marmejlo
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Estonian:
meremiil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Finnish:
meripeninkulma
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Finnish:
merimaili
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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French:
nautique
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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French:
mille marin
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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German:
Seemeile
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Greek:
ναυτικό μίλι
(naftikó míli)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Hungarian:
tengeri mérföld
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Indonesian:
mil laut
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Irish:
muirmhíle
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Irish:
míle farraige
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Italian:
miglio nautico (miglia nautiche f pl)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Italian:
miglio marino (miglia marine f pl)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Japanese:
海里
(kairi)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Kazakh:
теңіздік миль
(teñızdık mil)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Korean:
해리
(haeri)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Latvian:
jūras jūdze
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Lithuanian:
jū́rmylė
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Malay:
batu nautika
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nautisk mil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sjømil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
nautisk mil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sjømil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Portuguese:
milha náutica
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Romanian:
milă marină
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Russian:
морска́я ми́ля
(morskája mílja)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Scottish Gaelic:
mìle mara
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Lower Sorbian:
móŕska mila
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Upper Sorbian:
mórska mila
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Spanish:
milla náutica
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Sundanese:
mil laut
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Sundanese:
mél laut
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Sundanese:
pal Sumatra
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Swedish:
sjömil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Swedish:
nautisk mil
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Swedish:
distansminut
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Thai:
ไมล์ทะเล
(mai-tá-lee)
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Turkish:
deniz mili
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Vietnamese:
hải lý
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Vietnamese:
hải lí
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
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Welsh:
milltir fôr
— nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres
