English Explanatory Dictionary

milha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

milha milhas

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.

Synonyms

Portuguese mile mile
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