A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters.

synonyms: international mile, land mile, mi, stat mi, statute mile.

Roget 200: length, longitude, span; mileage; distance etc. 196.    line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius.    lengthening etc. v.; prolongation, production, protraction; tension, tensure^†; extension.    [Measures of length] line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league; chain, link; arpent^†, handbreadth^†, jornada [U.S.], kos^†, vara^†.    [astronomical units of distance] astronomical unit, AU, light-year, parsec.    [metric units of length] nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km.    pedometer, perambulator; scale etc. (measurement) 466.    ... show more

Dutch: mijl
Polish: mila angielska, mila lądowa

A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude.

synonyms: air mile, international nautical mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile.

A large distance.

Polish: kilometr

A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters).

synonym: sea mile.

A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile.

synonyms: Admiralty mile, geographical mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile.

An ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards.

synonym: Roman mile.

A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km.

synonyms: mil, Swedish mile.

Polish: mila metryczna, mila skandynawska

A footrace extending one mile.