English mile
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Mile — Miles redirects here. For other uses, see Mile (disambiguation) and Miles (disambiguation). mile international US survey nautical 1.609344 km 1.609347 km 1.852 km 1,6 … Wikipedia
Mile End — For other uses, see Mile End (disambiguation). Coordinates: 51°31′29″N 0°01′53″W / 51.5248°N 0.0314°W / 51.5248; 0.0314 … Wikipedia
Mile run — For the tributary stream, see Mile Run (New Jersey). Gunder Hägg (right) defeats Arne Andersson with a world record for the mile of 4:06.2 min in Gothenburg in 1942. The mile run (1,609.344 metres or 5,280 feet) is a middle… … Wikipedia
Mile (Scots) — A Scottish mile was the same length as the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, i.e. from the castle down to the Holyrood Abbey. English miles were imposed in 1824 by an act of parliament.Equivalent to * Scottish measures ** 320 falls; or 8 Scots furlongs *… … Wikipedia
mile — [OE] Latin mille denoted ‘thousand’ (it is the source of English millennium [17], etymologically a ‘thousand years’, and, via Italian and French, of million [14]). Its plural mīllia was used in ancient Rome for a measure of length equal to a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
mile — [OE] Latin mille denoted ‘thousand’ (it is the source of English millennium [17], etymologically a ‘thousand years’, and, via Italian and French, of million [14]). Its plural mīllia was used in ancient Rome for a measure of length equal to a… … Word origins
Mile — (from Lat. mille, a thousand; Matt. 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards, being 142 yards shorter than the English mile … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Mile End, Montreal — Mile End seen from Mount Royal. Mile End is a neighbourhood and municipal electoral district in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada … Wikipedia
English unit — is the American name for a unit in one of a number of systems of units of measurement, some obsolete, and some still in use in present day USA, the UK, and elsewhere. The modern United States customary units system as a whole is not, and has… … Wikipedia
Mile Post 398 — Directed by Shonie De La Rosa Andee De La Rosa Produced by Shonie De La Rosa Andee De La Rosa Written by Shonie De La Rosa Andee De La Rosa Starring … Wikipedia
