nautical mile

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === nautical mile (plural nautical miles) A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile). Alternative forms: NM, M, nmi; nm (conflicts with nanometre symbol) Synonym: sea mile Hypernym: mile Coordinate terms: land mile; international mile, statute mile (UK), survey mile (US), statute mile (US) Near-synonym: geographical mile (very close to the same distance) (historical) Synonym of sea mile, a historical Scandinavian unit of distance equal to about 4 nmi. ==== Translations ====