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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mahylz |
| Phonetic Transcription : maɪlz |
Définition of miles
Origin :- Old English mil, from West Germanic *milja (cf. Middle Dutch mile, Dutch mijl, Old High German mila, German meile), from Latin mila "thousands," plural of mille "a thousand" (neuter plural was mistaken in Germanic as a fem. singular), of unknown origin.
- The Latin word also is the source of French mille, Italian miglio, Spanish milla. The Scandinavian words (Old Norse mila, etc.) are from English. An ancient Roman mile was 1,000 double paces (one step with each foot), for about 4,860 feet, but there were many local variants and a modern statute mile is about 400 feet longer. In Germany, Holland, and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, the Latin word was applied arbitrarily to the ancient Germanic rasta, a measure of from 3.25 to 6 English miles. Mile-a-minute (adj.) "very fast" is attested from 1957.
- noun 5, 280 feet/1.609 kilometers measured
- After following Lake Barlee for nine miles, it turned to the southward.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- After travelling about twenty miles, met the party coming all right.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Hope to reach Israelite Bay to-morrow, as it is only sixteen miles distant.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- We have not seen any permanent water for the last eighty miles.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Continuing westerly for about ten miles, we reached the water, our bivouac on the 22nd.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Steered east for four miles, when we struck Mr. Gosse's cart-track.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- He also said there was a well of good water about eight miles further on.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Camped on a grassy piece of country, two miles from the sea.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Travelled fourteen miles in about an East-North-East direction and camped.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- We did not get on it till we had travelled along the line about fifteen miles.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
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