kilometer

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kilometer

/kɪˈlɒm.ɪ.tə/ UK
/ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.tə/ UK
/kɪˈlɑ.mɪ.təɹ/ US
/ˈkɪl.əˌmi.təɹ/ US
[-ɾɚ] US
/kɪˈlɔ.mɪ.təɹ/ Scotland
/ˈkɪl.əˌmi.təɹ/ Scotland
/ˌkɪ.loːˈmiː.ʈə(r)/ India, North
/kɪˈloː.miː.ʈə(r)/ India, South

Rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ), -ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)

noun kilometers

US US spelling of kilometre When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Con

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Closest in meaning: kilometre, klick, km, mile, kph, kilo, kilometres, miles, millimeter, centimeter, metres, metre, meters, kilometric, millimetre, chilometre

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kilometer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kilometer

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@misc{kilometer_2026,
  title = {kilometer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kilometer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}