sjömil
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Danish sømil, from sø (“sea”) + mil (“Danish mile or league”). Equivalent to sjö + mil.
Noun
[edit]sjömil c
- nautical mile, now exactly 1,852 meters but (historical) previously roughly four times as much, 4 minutes of arc or 1/15 of the length of an equatorial degree
- Synonyms: nautisk mil, distansminut
Declension
[edit]Declension of sjömil | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sjömil | sjömilen | sjömil | sjömilen |
Genitive | sjömils | sjömilens | sjömils | sjömilens |