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Sea mile

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters
  2. 2
    a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) wordnet
  3. 3
    A former version of the nautical mile in Scandinavia equal to 4 minutes of arc or about 4 nmi. historical

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”).

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