"sea mile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sea miles [plural], sea-mile [alternative], seamile [alternative]
Etymology: As a former Scandinavian unit of distance, a calque of Danish sømil, Norwegian Bokmål sjømil, and Swedish sjömil, from Danish sø (“sea, nautical, maritime”) + mil (“Danish mile or league”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|da|sømil}} Danish sømil, {{der|en|nb|sjømil}} Norwegian Bokmål sjømil, {{der|en|sv|sjömil}} Swedish sjömil, {{der|en|da|sø||sea, nautical, maritime}} Danish sø (“sea, nautical, maritime”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sea mile (plural sea miles)
  1. Synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters Synonyms: nautical mile [synonym, synonym-of] Synonyms (Scandinavian nautical mile): nautical mile (english: historical Scandinavian contexts)
    Sense id: en-sea_mile-en-noun-DgQai8YC Disambiguation of 'Scandinavian nautical mile': 62 38
  2. (historical) A former version of the nautical mile in Scandinavia equal to 4 minutes of arc or about 4 nmi. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-sea_mile-en-noun-ScvTUlXk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Units of measure Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Denmark, Norway, Sweden Disambiguation of Denmark: 0 0 Disambiguation of Norway: 0 0 Disambiguation of Sweden: 0 0

Inflected forms

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