nautical mile
Noun
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Noun
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).
- French: nautique, mille marin
- German: Seemeile
- Italian: miglio nautico (miglia nautiche), miglio marino (miglia marine)
- Portuguese: milha náutica
- Russian: морска́я ми́ля
- Spanish: milla náutica
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