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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Mile
     (from Lat. mille, "a thousand;" Matt. 5:41), a Roman measure of
     1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards,
     being 142 yards shorter than the English mile.
     

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mile \Mile\ (m[imac]l), n. [AS. m[=i]l, fr. L. millia, milia;
     pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand
     paces. Cf. Mill the tenth of a cent, Million.]
     A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
     and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
           countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
           in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
           9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
           Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
           England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
           in the Netherlands, 1,094.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Geographical mile or Nautical mile, one sixtieth of a
        degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
  
     Mile run. Same as Train mile. See under Train.
  
     Roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
        measure.
  
     Statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
        England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
        distinguished from any other mile.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mile \Mile\, n. [AS. m[=i]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille
     a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill
     the tenth of a cent, Million.]
     A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
     and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
  
     Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
           countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
           in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
           9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
           Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
           England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
           in the Netherlands, 1,094.
  
     Geographical, or Nautical mile, one sixtieth of a degree
        of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
  
     Mile run. Same as Train mile. See under Train.
  
     Roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
        measure.
  
     Statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
        England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
        distinguished from any other mile.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  mile
       n 1: a unit of length equal to 1760 yards [syn: statute mile, stat
            mi, land mile, mi]
       2: a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the
          distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852
          meters [syn: nautical mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international
          nautical mile, air mile]
       3: a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
       4: a former British unit of length once used in navigation;
          equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet) [syn: sea mile]
       5: a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters
          (6,082 feet) [syn: nautical mile, naut mi, mi, geographical
          mile, Admiralty mile]
       6: an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
          [syn: Roman mile]
       7: a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km [syn: Swedish
          mile]
       8: a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the
          mile"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mile
     Danish n.
     1 dune
     2 charcoal stack
     3 atomic pile
     French n.
     (l en mile)
     Middle English alt.
     1 (senseid enm millet) millet (gloss: grass used as grain)
     2 The seed of millet.
     Middle English n.
     1 (senseid enm millet) millet (gloss: grass used as grain)
     2 The seed of millet.
     Middle English n.
     (senseid enm mile) (alternative form of enm myle t=mile id=mile)
     Old French num.
     one thousand
     Romanian n.
     (plural of ro milă)
     Yola n.
     mill

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Mile
     n.
     (name translit en mk Миле type=male given name)
     Walloon n.
     (alternative form of wa Emile)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mile
     n.
     1 The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to
  1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in
  1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
     2 any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593
  Kingdom of England statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet
  or 1,760 yards of various precise values.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Mile
     n.
     (name translit en mk Миле type=male given name)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mile
     Danish n.
     1 dune
     2 charcoal stack
     3 atomic pile
     French n.
     (l en mile)
     n.
     1 The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to
  1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in
  1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
     2 any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593
  Kingdom of England statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet
  or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
     Polish adv.
     kindly, warmly
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl mila  nom//acc//voc p)
     Serbo-Croatian a.
     (inflection of sh mio  m acc p ; f gen s ; f nom//acc//voc p)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Mile
     n.
     (name translit en mk Миле type=male given name)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mile
     Danish n.
     1 dune
     2 charcoal stack
     3 atomic pile
     French n.
     (l en mile)
     n.
     1 The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to
  1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in
  1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
     2 any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593
  Kingdom of England statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet
  or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
     Polish adv.
     kindly, warmly
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl mila  nom//acc//voc p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Mile
     n.
     (name translit en mk Миле type=male given name)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mile
     Englanti n.
     maili

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mile
     Polska adv.
     vänligt; trevligt

From Sorani-Kurmanji Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:ckb-kmr ]

  mile
  pêşbazî, pêşbirk, misabeqe, sîbaq

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/
  myl

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Mile /mˈaɪl/
  الميل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  mile //maɪ̯l// /[maɪ̯ɫ]/ 
  1. въ́зел
  informal: one mile per hour
  2. ми́ля
  measure of length

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/ 
  míle

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/ 
  milltir 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/
  Meile 
           Note: 1609 m
        "miles per hour (mph)"  - Meilen pro Stunde, Stundenmeilen
        "go the extra mile (to do sth.)"  - sich besonders engagieren, besondere Anstrengungen unternehmen (um etw. zu tun)
   see: miles
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/
  
  μίλι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  mile //maɪ̯l// /[maɪ̯ɫ]/ 
  1. kilsa
  informal: one mile per hour
  2. maili 2.
  measure of length
   3.
  track race
  3. kilometri
  slang: large distance

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  mile /mail/
  míle

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/ 
  1. मील
        "He was advised to jog a mile everyday."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/
  1609 metara, milja, milje, milju

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/
  mérföld

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  mile //maɪ̯l// /[maɪ̯ɫ]/ 
  mil
  measure of length

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  mile //maɪ̯l// /[maɪ̯ɫ]/ 
  1. ノット
  informal: one mile per hour
  2. マイル
  measure of length

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  mile /mail/
  mylia

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  mile /mail/
  mijl

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  mile /maɪl/ 
    mila  [1,6 km]

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  mile /mail/
  milha

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  mile /mail/
  legúa

From English-Serbian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-srp ]

  mile /mail/
  миља

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  mile //maɪ̯l// /[maɪ̯ɫ]/ 
  mil, engelsk mil
  measure of length

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/ 
  
  maili

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  mile /mˈaɪl/
  1. mil, 1609, 35 metrelik uzunluk ölçü birimi. milepost  yol üzerinde mil işareti olan direk. milestone  kilometre taşı
  2. önemli bir olay, dönüm noktası. geographical mile, nautical mile coğrafya veya deniz mili, 1852 metrelik mesafe ölçüsü. ton mile mil başına bir ton (taşıma hesabı ölçüsü)

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  mile /majl/ 
  миля
  Unité de mesure

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  mile /majl/ 
  Meile
  Unité de mesure

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  mile /majl/ 
  μίλι
  Unité de mesure

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  mile /majl/ 
  maili
  Unité de mesure

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  mile /majl/ 
  miglio
  Unité de mesure

From français-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-jpn ]

  mile /majl/ 
  マイル
  Unité de mesure

From français-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-lit ]

  mile /majl/ 
  mylia
  Unité de mesure

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  mile /majl/ 
  mila
  Unité de mesure

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  mile /majl/ 
  milha
  Unité de mesure

From français-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-rus ]

  mile /majl/ 
  миля
  Unité de mesure

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  mile /majl/ 
  milla
  Unité de mesure

From français-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2018.09.13 :   [ freedict:fra-tur ]

  mile /mˈil/ 
   [Unité de mesure] mil

From język polski-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-deu ]

  mile /ˈmʲilɛ/ 
  nett
  od przym. → miły

From język polski-English FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-eng ]

  mile /ˈmʲilɛ/ 
  kindly
  od przym. → miły

From język polski-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-fra ]

  mile /ˈmʲilɛ/ 
  gentiment
  od przym. → miły

From język polski-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-nor ]

  mile /ˈmʲilɛ/ 
  vennlig
  od przym. → miły

From język polski-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-rus ]

  mile /ˈmʲilɛ/ 
  мило
  od przym. → miły

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmaɪɫ/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  MILE, measure. A length of a thousand paces, or seventeen hundred and sixty 
  yards, or five thousand two hundred and eighty feet. It contains eight 
  furlongs, every furlong being forty poles, and each pole sixteen feet six 
  inches. 2 Stark. R. 89. 
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 哩;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 哩,英里,较大的距离

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