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milla

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
mil-la
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.

Etymology

From Spanish milla (“Spanish mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“1000”) in reference to its composition of 1000 Roman paces. Doublet of mile and milha.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: milla, mīlia

Inflected Forms

millas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pie (1⁄5000 milla) paso (1⁄1000 milla) legua (3 millas)

Synonyms

Spanish mile mile

Questions

What does milla mean?
Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.
Where does milla come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce milla

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