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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
mile       [mahyl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
2.nautical mile.
3.international nautical mile.
4.any of various other units of distance or length at different periods and in different countries. Compare Roman mile.
5.a notable distance or margin: missed the target by a mile. Abbreviation: mi, mi.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE mīl < L mīlia (passuum) a thousand (paces)]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mile       (mīl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Abbr. mi. or mi A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (1,609 meters), used in the United States and other English-speaking countries. Also called land mile, statute mile. See Table at measurement.
  2. A nautical mile.
  3. An air mile.
  4. Sports A race that is one mile long.
  5. A relatively great distance: had to walk for miles in the airport.


[Middle English, from Old English mīl, from Latin mīlia (passuum), a thousand (double paces), a Roman mile, pl. of mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mile 
O.E. mil, from W.Gmc. *milja, from L. mila "thousands," pl. of mille "a thousand" (neuter plural was mistaken in Gmc. as fem. sing.). Ancient Roman mile was 1,000 double paces (one step with each foot), for about 4,860 feet, but there were many local variants and a modern statute mile is about 400 feet longer. In Germany, Holland, and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, the L. word was applied arbitrarily to the ancient Gmc. rasta, a measure of from 3.25 to 6 English miles. Mile-a-minute (adj.) is attested from 1957; milestone is from 1746.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
mile

noun
1. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters 
2. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile
3. a large distance; "he missed by a mile" 
4. a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) [syn: sea mile
5. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile [syn: nautical mile
6. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards 
7. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km 
8. a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile" 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mile       (mīl)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. A unit of length in the US Customary System, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (about 1.61 kilometers). Also called statute mile.
  2. See nautical mile. See Table at measurement.

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Eleven Mile Corn, AZ Zip code(s): 85222

Nine Mile Falls, WA Zip code(s): 99026

Seven Mile Ford, VA Zip code(s): 24373

Three Mile Bay, NY Zip code(s): 13693

Six Mile Run, PA Zip code(s): 16679

Twelve Mile, IN Zip code(s): 46988

Eight Mile, AL Zip code(s): 36613

Six Mile, SC (town, FIPS 66760) Location: 34.80779 N, 82.81909 W
Population (1990): 562 (206 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29682

Ten Mile, TN Zip code(s): 37880

Seven Mile, OH (village, FIPS 71444) Location: 39.47932 N, 84.55249 W
Population (1990): 804 (317 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Barker Ten Mile, NC (CDP, FIPS 3665) Location: 34.67978 N, 78.98879 W
Population (1990): 1087 (383 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mile

Mile\, n. [AS. m[=i]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill the tenth of a cent, Million.] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182; in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary, 9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552; in the Netherlands, 1,094.

Geographical, or Nautical mile, one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.

Mile run. Same as Train mile. See under Train.

Roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure.

Statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mile

(from Lat. mille, "a thousand;" Matt. 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards, being 142 yards shorter than the English mile.

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