sjömil
See also: sjømil
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Danish sømil, from sø (“sea”) + mil (“Danish mile or league”). Equivalent to sjö + mil.
Noun edit
sjömil c
- nautical mile, now exactly 1,852 meters but (historical) previously roughly four times as much, 4 minutes of arc or 1/15 of the length of an equatorial degree
- Synonyms: nautisk mil, distansminut
Declension edit
| Declension of sjömil | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sjömil | sjömilen | sjömil | sjömilen |
| Genitive | sjömils | sjömilens | sjömils | sjömilens |