noun
milla
noun
1
A traditional Spanish unit of distance, roughly equal to 1.4 kilometers.
"The old map marked the distance between towns in millas rather than kilometers."
How to Use Milla
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe Spanish word for a traditional mile-like unit of distance.
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Word Forms
millas plural
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Etymology
From Spanish milla, itself from Latin mīlia ("thousands"), the same root that gives English "mile."