No. 452 in Icelandic

km

"Km" in Icelandic is an abbreviation for "kilómetri," meaning "kilometer" in English.

In a sentence

Bíllinn keyrði 50 km á klukkustund.
The car drove 50 km per hour.
In this sentence, 'km' is used as a measure of distance in speed (kilometers per hour).
Fjarlægðin milli Reykjavíkur og Akureyrar er um 387 km.
The distance between Reykjavik and Akureyri is approximately 387 km.
Here 'km' represents a unit of distance between two locations.
Hann hljóp 10 km einum degi.
He ran 10 km in one day.
In this example, 'km' denotes the distance covered during an activity in kilometers.

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