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No. 505 in Swedish

mil

A Swedish "mil" is a unit of distance equal to 10 kilometers.

In a sentence

  • Den närmaste affären ligger tio mil bort.

    The nearest store is ten mil away.

    Here, 'mil' is used as a unit of distance measurement, equivalent to 10 kilometers.

  • Vi körde 30 mil på vår resa i helgen.

    We drove 30 mil on our trip this weekend.

    In this sentence, 'mil' conveys the total distance traveled, common in travel descriptions.

  • När du springer den här sträckan varje dag blir det många mil i veckan.

    When you run this distance every day, it adds up to many mil in a week.

    Here, 'mil' is used to describe the cumulative distance over a period, highlighting regular activity.

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