milha

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noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.

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Portuguese milemile
OriginPortuguese milha ← Latin mīlia ← Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo- →
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Meanings

nounmilha (plural milhas)

plural milhas

  1. historicalA traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.

    Synonyms: Portuguese mile, mile

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.

Similar
Portuguese milemile

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-
  2. Latinmīlia“Roman mile”
  3. Portuguesemilha“Portuguese mile”
  4. Englishmilha

From Portuguese milha (“Portuguese mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Doublet of mile and milla.

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APA

milha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milha

MLA

“milha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milha. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milha.

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