sea mile
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Etymology edit
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”).
Noun edit
- Synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters
- (historical) A former version of the nautical mile in Scandinavia equal to 4 minutes of arc or about 4 nmi.
Synonyms edit
- (Scandinavian nautical mile): nautical mile (historical Scandinavian contexts)
Translations edit
nautical mile — see nautical mile
nautical: distance equal to 4 minutes of arc