sømil

Danish

Etymology

From sø (“sea, nautical”) +‎ mil (“Danish mile or league”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sømil

  1. nautical mile, now exactly 1852 m but (historical) previously about four times as much, 1/15 of an equatorial degree

Declension

Declension of sømil
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sømil sømilen sømil sømilene
genitive sømils sømilens sømils sømilenes

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjømil
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjømil
  • Swedish: sjömil
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