Meanings
plural square kilometres · alternative square kilometer
- CanadaUKStandard unit of area, symbol km², equal to the area of a square whose sides are one kilometre long; 10⁶ square metres.
Located at the southern end of the exercise area, Wuqiu Dao consists of two islets - Daqiucun [Dachiu-tsun^([sic – meaning Tachiu-tsun])] and Xiaoqiucun [Hsiaochiu-tsun] with each covering approximately one square km.
[1996 March 21 [1996 March 18], Jixiong (0149 2623 7160) He, “There Is a Feeling of Insecurity on Jinmen, Mazu, and Other Islands”, in Daily Report: China, numbers 96-056, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 75, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna decimal multiple of the unit of surface area, the square metre, equal to 1,000,000 square meters.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 平方公里
- 平方公里 (píngfāng gōnglǐ)standard unit of area
Danish kvadratkilometer
- kvadratkilometerstandard unit of area
Dutch vierkante kilometer
- vierkante kilometerstandard unit of area
Esperanto kvadrata kilometro
- kvadrata kilometrostandard unit of area
Finnish neliökilometri
- neliökilometristandard unit of area
French kilomètre carré
- kilomètre carréstandard unit of area
German Quadratkilometer
- Quadratkilometerstandard unit of area
Greek τετραγωνικό χιλιόμετρο
- τετραγωνικό χιλιόμετρο (tetragonikó chiliómetro)standard unit of area
Hungarian négyzetkilométer
- négyzetkilométerstandard unit of area
Icelandic ferkílómetri
- ferkílómetristandard unit of area
Italian chilometro quadrato, kmq
- chilometro quadratostandard unit of area
- kmqstandard unit of area
- chilometro quadrostandard unit of area
Japanese 平方キロメートル
- 平方キロメートル (heihō kiromētoru)standard unit of area
Norwegian Bokmål kvadratkilometer
- kvadratkilometerstandard unit of area
Persian کیلومتر مربع
- کیلومتر مربع (kilometre morabba')standard unit of area
Polish kilometr kwadratowy
- kilometr kwadratowystandard unit of area
Portuguese quilómetro quadrado, quilômetro quadrado
- quilómetro quadradostandard unit of area
- quilômetro quadradostandard unit of area
Romanian kilometru pătrat
- kilometru pătratstandard unit of area
Russian квадра́тный киломе́тр
- квадра́тный киломе́тр (kvadrátnyj kilométr)standard unit of area
Scottish Gaelic cilemeatair ceàrnagach
- cilemeatair ceàrnagachstandard unit of area
Spanish kilómetro cuadrado
- kilómetro cuadradostandard unit of area
Swedish kvadratkilometer
- kvadratkilometerstandard unit of area
Tagalog kilometrong kuwadrado
- kilometrong kuwadradostandard unit of area
Thai ตารางกิโลเมตร
- ตารางกิโลเมตรstandard unit of area
Turkish kilometrekare
- kilometrekarestandard unit of area
Cite this entry
square kilometre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20kilometre
“square kilometre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20kilometre. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “square kilometre,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20kilometre.
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