sjömil

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Danish sømil, from (sea) + mil (Danish mile or league). Equivalent to sjö +‎ mil.

Noun[edit]

sjömil c

  1. 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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sjömil sjömilen sjömil sjömilen
Genitive sjömils sjömilens sjömils sjömilens

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