No. 535 in Turkish
kilometre
The Turkish word "kilometre" means "kilometer" in English, a unit of length equal to 1,000 meters.
In a sentence
Evden okula gitmek için 5 kilometre yol yürüdüm.
I walked 5 kilometers from home to school.
In this sentence, 'kilometre' is used to indicate the measurement of distance, specifically how far the speaker walked.
Kilometre taşlarını geçtikçe hedefe yaklaşıyoruz.
As we pass the milestones, we get closer to the goal.
Here, 'kilometre' is part of the compound word 'kilometre taşları', meaning 'milestones', metaphorically indicating progress toward a goal.
Arabamızın kilometre sayacı 200.000’i gösteriyor.
Our car's odometer shows 200,000.
'Kilometre' in this instance refers to the unit of measurement on the car's odometer, which shows the total distance the car has traveled.
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