sømil

Danish

Etymology

From (sea, nautical) + mil (Danish mile or league).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sømil

  1. nautical mile, now exactly 1852 m but (historical) previously about four times as much, 1/15 of an equatorial degree

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Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjømil
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjømil
  • Swedish: sjömil
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