milla

See also: Milla and millä

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

milla (plural millas)

  1. (historical) Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.

Synonyms

  • Spanish mile, mile (Spanish contexts)

Coordinate terms

  • pie (15000 milla), paso (11000 milla), legua (3 millas)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

milla f (plural milles)

  1. mile, English unit of distance
  2. (historical) milla, Spanish mile

Lombard

Etymology

From mille.

Numeral

milla

  1. thousand

Quechua

Noun

milla

  1. disgust, revulsion
  2. repulsion, aversion
  3. nausea
  4. instep

Declension

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīlia (Roman mile), plural of mīlle (thousand) in reference to its composition of a thousand Roman paces. In reference to the English unit, calqued from English mile. Cognate with Catalan milla and Portuguese milha.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmiʝa/ [ˈmi.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈmiʎa/ [ˈmi.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmiʃa/ [ˈmi.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmiʒa/ [ˈmi.ʒa]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

  • Syllabification: mi‧lla

Noun

milla f (plural millas)

  1. English or American mile (a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.6 km)
  2. (historical) milla, Spanish mile (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to 1,000 pasos, about 1.4 km)

Coordinate terms

  • (English unit): pie (15280 milla), yarda (11760 milla)
  • (Spanish unit): pie (15000 milla), paso (11000 milla), legua (3 millas)

Derived terms

Further reading

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