nautical mile en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).
Personnel trenches have been constructed or improved in Tantung (40-05-50N 124-21-30E) and along roads 13 nautical miles (nm) south-southwest of Tantung and 1.5 nm west of the border (Figures 2 and 3).
1970 May, “Basic Description”, in Chinese Defensive Activity Along the China-North Korea Border, National Photographic Interpretation Center, published 2011, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2023, page 1:Near-synonym: geographical mile (very close to the same distance)
An even more impressive nineteenth-century militarized lighthouse is found on the Taiwanese Wuchiu island, located just 20 nautical miles off the Chinese coast. While much of the surrounding military structure has been demolished, its black tower and high walls painted in camouflage colours stand as reminders of the contested history of this small frontier island.
2022, Veronica della Dora, Where Light in Darkness Lies: The Story of the Lighthouse, →ISBN, →OCLC:
- (historical) Synonym of sea mile, a historical Scandinavian unit of distance equal to about 4 nmi.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nautical miles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
survey mile · international mile · land mile · statute mile
Hypernyms
Relateds
mul:nmi · mul:M · mul:NM · mul:nm
Synonyms
geographical mile · sea mile · sea mile
Translations (51)
el ναυτικό μίλι (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · cmn 海浬 (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · pt milha náutica (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · fr nautique (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · dsb móŕska mila (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · es milla náutica (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · vi hải lí (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · vi hải lý (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · th ไมล์ทะเล (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · nb sjømil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · kk теңіздік миль (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · ar مِيل بَحْرِيّ (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · tr deniz mili (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · fr mille marin (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · eo marmejlo (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · cmn 海里 (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · cs námořní míle (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · ga míle farraige (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · su mél laut (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · cy milltir fôr (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · fi meripeninkulma (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · et meremiil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · bg мо́рска ми́ля (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · ja 海里 (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · su pal Sumatra (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · nb nautisk mil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · ms batu nautika (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · nb nautisk mil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · id mil laut (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · da sømil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · fi merimaili (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · ro milă marină (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · su mil laut (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · it miglio marino (miglia marine f pl) (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · sv distansminut (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · lt jū́rmylė (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · ko 해리 (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · gd mìle mara (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · pl mila morska (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · ga muirmhíle (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · it miglio nautico (miglia nautiche f pl) (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · da nautisk mil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · de Seemeile (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · lv jūras jūdze (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · sv nautisk mil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · hu tengeri mérföld (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · nl zeemijl (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · hsb mórska mila (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · ru морска́я ми́ля (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · sv sjömil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) · nb sjømil (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres)