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sea mile

sea mile noun: synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters.

Noun

sea mile (plural sea miles)

  1. Synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters
    Synonyms:
    nautical mile
  2. (historical) A former version of the nautical mile in Scandinavia equal to 4 minutes of arc or about 4 nmi.
    Synonyms:
    nautical mile

sea mile meaning in Tamil

sea mile in Tamil

கடன்மைல்

Synonyms of sea mile

Forms of sea mile

pluralsea miles
alternative formsea-mile
alternative formseamile

Origin of sea mile

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”).

Questions about sea mile

What does sea mile mean?
Sea mile means synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters.
What is sea mile in Tamil?
Sea mile in Tamil is கடன்மைல். See Sea mile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sea mile?
Sea mile is a noun.
What is the plural of sea mile?
The plural of sea mile is sea miles.

Words near sea mile in the dictionary

  1. sea mark
  2. sea marks
  3. sea mat
  4. sea mats
  5. sea mice
  6. sea mile
  7. sea miles
  8. sea milkwort
  9. sea milkworts
  10. Sea Mills
  11. sea mink

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sea mile (page history and authors); sea mile (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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