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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea mile

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
sea mile
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters

noun

A former version of the nautical mile in Scandinavia equal to 4 minutes of arc or about 4 nmi.

Etymology

As a former Scandinavian unit of distance, a calque of Danish sømil, Norwegian Bokmål sjømil, and Swedish sjömil, from Danish sø (“sea, nautical, maritime”) + mil (“Danish mile or league”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sømil, sjømil, sjömil, sø

Inflected Forms

sea miles (plural) sea-mile (alternative) seamile (alternative)

Synonyms

nautical mile mile

Questions

What does sea mile mean?
Synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters
Where does sea mile come from?
It is traced to Danish.

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