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Meaning of chiliometrum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
[kʰiː.liˈɔ.mɛ.trũː]

Definitions

  1. a kilometre
    New-Latin, declension-2
  2. Equivalent to 'kilometre': An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres.

Equivalents

English kilometre
Kurdî kîlometre

Examples

“Urbs circum spatium quīnque et dīmidiī chīliometrōrum extenta erat.”

The city spread over an area of five and a half kilometres.

“2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Globulus nuclearis maior et minor https://areena.yle.fi/1-4317721, Nuntii Latini 12.1.2018”

In November North Korea carried out a test in which they sent a missile to a height of 4500 kilometres.

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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