milha

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English

Etymology

From Portuguese milha (“Portuguese mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Doublet of mile and milla.

Noun

milha (plural milhas)

  1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“thousand”).

Noun

milha m (plural milhas)

  1. mile (customary unit derived from the Roman mile)

Descendants

  • Galician: milla
  • Portuguese: milha

Further reading

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: mi‧lha

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milha, from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan milla.

Noun

milha f (plural milhas)

  1. (historical) milha, Portuguese mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the number of equatorial degrees per league
    Coordinate terms: estádio, légua
  2. English or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.61 km
    Synonyms: milha imperial, milha terrestre
    Coordinate terms: pé, jarda
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From milho (“maize”), from Old Galician-Portuguese millo, from Latin milium (“millet”).

Noun

milha f (uncountable)

  1. maize straw

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

milha

  1. inflection of milhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ “milha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “milha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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