milepæl
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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
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.