milepæl

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From mil +‎ pæl (in current usage a "mil" is equivalent to 10 kilometres; the word "mile" is used when referring to the English mile).

Noun

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milepæl m (definite singular milepælen, indefinite plural milepæler, definite plural milepælene)

  1. a milestone (historical as a distance marker; now used figuratively)

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