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milha

milha noun: a traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.

Noun

milha (plural milhas)

  1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.
    Synonyms:
    Portuguese mile, mile

Synonyms of milha

  • Portuguese mile
  • mile

Forms of milha

pluralmilhas

Origin of milha

From Portuguese milha (“Portuguese mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Doublet of mile and milla.

Questions about milha

What does milha mean?
Milha means a traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.
What part of speech is milha?
Milha is a noun.
What is the plural of milha?
The plural of milha is milhas.

Words near milha in the dictionary

  1. milgrain
  2. Milgram
  3. Milgram experiment
  4. Milgrim
  5. Milgrom
  6. milha
  7. milhas
  8. Milhaudian
  9. Milhoan
  10. Milhoans
  11. Milholland

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