nautical mile

English

nautical mile (plural nautical miles)

(nautical) A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).

nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres

Italian: miglio nautico m (miglia nautiche f pl), miglio marino m (miglia marine f pl)
Japanese: 海里 (kairi)
Korean: 해리 (haeri) (海里)
Latvian: jūras jūdze (JJ)
Malay: batu nautika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nautisk mil m or f, sjømil m or f

Nynorsk: nautisk mil f, sjømil f
Portuguese: milha náutica f
Russian: морска́я ми́ля (ru) f (morskája mílja)
Spanish: milla náutica f
Swedish: sjömil (sv) c, nautisk mil (sv) c, distansminut (sv) c
Turkish: deniz mili (tr)
Vietnamese: hải lý (vi) (海里), hải lí (vi)

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