milepæl

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

milepel

Etymology

From mil +‎ pæl (in current usage a "mil" is equivalent to 10 kilometres; the word "mile" is used when referring to the English mile).

Noun

milepæl m (definite singular milepælen, indefinite plural milepæler, definite plural milepælene)

a milestone (historical as a distance marker; now used figuratively)

References

“milepæl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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