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Word: Kilometre
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: from French kilomètre(see kilo-, metre)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɪləˌmiːtə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɪˈlɒmɪtə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a metric unit of length equal to 1,000 metres (approximately 0.62 miles)
Short Definition:metric unit of length equal to 1,000 metres
Examples:- the area is about 40 kilometres southwest of downtown Las Vegas
- the fire covered an area of roughly a square kilometre
Variant Forms:
- kilometer
- km
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