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MILE

The mile is a unit of the imperial scale of measurement of length equivalent (as set in 1593) to 8 furlongs, 1760 yards or 1.6093 kilometres. The mile was first used by the Romans, whose mile was 1617 English yards. A nautical mile is one minute of the equator, or 2026.334 yards.
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