sea mile

English

Alternative forms

  • sea-mile, seamile

Etymology

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”).

Noun

sea mile (plural sea miles)

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

Synonyms

  • (Scandinavian nautical mile): nautical mile (historical Scandinavian contexts)

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