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mijlen

mijlen is the plural of mijl.

Meaning of mijl

Noun

mijl (plural mijls or mijlen)

  1. (historical) A former Dutch unit of distance, usually equivalent to about 3 miles or 5–6 km.
    Synonyms:
    Dutch mile, Dutch league, mile, league

Questions about mijlen

What is mijlen the plural of?
Mijlen is the plural of mijl.

Words near mijlen in the dictionary

  1. Mijareses
  2. mijas
  3. Mijikenda
  4. mijiu
  5. mijl
  6. mijlen
  7. mijls
  8. mijnheer
  9. mijnheers
  10. mijnpacht
  11. mijnpachts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mijlen (page history and authors); mijl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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