sømil

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sømil

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
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sømil	sømilen	sømil	sømilene
genitive	sømils	sømilens	sømils	sømilenes

Synonyms

(1852 m): nautisk mil

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål: sjømil
Norwegian Nynorsk: sjømil
Swedish: sjömil

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