KILOMETRE


Meaning of KILOMETRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɪləmi:tə(r), kɪlɒmɪtə(r) ]

( kilometres)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

Note: in AM, use 'kilometer'

A kilometre is a metric unit of distance or length. One kilometre is a thousand metres and is equal to 0.62 miles.

...about twenty kilometres from the border...

The fire destroyed some 40,000 square kilometres of forest.

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