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square kilometre

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Standard unit of area, symbol km2, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one kilometre long; 106 square metres.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, UK

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 平方公里 (píngfāng gōnglǐ) — standard unit of area
  • Danish: kvadratkilometer — standard unit of area
  • Dutch: vierkante kilometer — standard unit of area
  • Esperanto: kvadrata kilometro — standard unit of area
  • Finnish: neliökilometri — standard unit of area
  • French: kilomètre carré — standard unit of area
  • Galician: quilómetro cadrado — standard unit of area
  • Georgian: კვადრატული კილომეტრი (ḳvadraṭuli ḳilomeṭri) — standard unit of area
  • German: Quadratkilometer — standard unit of area
  • Greek: τετραγωνικό χιλιόμετρο (tetragonikó chiliómetro) — standard unit of area
  • Hungarian: négyzetkilométer — standard unit of area
  • Icelandic: ferkílómetri — standard unit of area
  • Interlingua: kilometro quadrate — standard unit of area
  • Italian: chilometro quadrato — standard unit of area
  • Italian: kmq — standard unit of area
  • Italian: chilometro quadro — standard unit of area
  • Japanese: 平方キロメートル (heihō kiromētoru) — standard unit of area
  • Khmer: គីឡូម៉ែត្រក្រឡា (kiiloo maet krɑlaa) — standard unit of area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvadratkilometer — standard unit of area
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadratkilometer — standard unit of area
  • Persian: کیلومتر مربع (kilometre morabba') — standard unit of area
  • Polish: kilometr kwadratowy — standard unit of area
  • Portuguese: quilómetro quadrado — standard unit of area
  • Portuguese: quilômetro quadrado — standard unit of area
  • Romanian: kilometru pătrat — standard unit of area
  • Russian: квадра́тный киломе́тр (kvadrátnyj kilométr) — standard unit of area
  • Northern Sami: njealjehaskilomehter — standard unit of area
  • Scottish Gaelic: cilemeatair ceàrnagach — standard unit of area
  • Spanish: kilómetro cuadrado — standard unit of area
  • Swedish: kvadratkilometer — standard unit of area
  • Tagalog: kilometrong kuwadrado — standard unit of area
  • Thai: ตารางกิโลเมตร — standard unit of area
  • Turkish: kilometrekare — standard unit of area
  • Volapük: kvadamilmet — standard unit of area