mijl

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English

Etymology

From Dutch mijl, cognate with English mile and similarly derived from Latin milia (“Roman mile, 1000 Roman paces”) but used instead for the much longer league of about an hour's walk.

Noun

mijl (plural mijls or mijlen)

  1. (historical) A former Dutch unit of distance, usually equivalent to about 3 miles or 5–6 km.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mile and myle, ultimately from Latin mīlia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛi̯l/
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  • Hyphenation: mijl
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Noun

mijl f (plural mijlen, diminutive mijltje n)

  1. English or American mile, a unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 km
  2. (historical) mijl, Dutch mile or league, a unit of length notionally equivalent to an hour's walk, usually reckoned as about 5–6 km
  3. (historical) nautical or geographical mile, a unit of length now equal to a minute of arc reckoned as exactly 1852 m or previously to ¼ degree, about 7400 m
  4. (historical, now proscribed) Synonym of kilometer, kilometer, used during the initial conversion to the metric system in the 19th century

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: myl
  • Negerhollands: miel
  • English: mijl
  • → Indonesian: mil
  • → Papiamentu: my (dated)

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