square mile
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square mile¹
noun square miles
- A unit of area equal to that in a square with 1 mile sides, equivalent to 2.59 km². Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of fo
- A downtown, a city center.
Square Mile²
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From square mile
* (London): The City's land area is about 1.12 square miles and roughly square in shape.
* (Montreal): Ellipsis of Golden Square Mile. From having a land area of roughly a mile square.
proper noun the Square Mile
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Synonym of City of London.
Similar: City of London
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Synonym of Golden Square Mile.
Similar: Golden Square Mile
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noun unit of area
| Deutsch | Quadratmeile |
|---|---|
| Русский | квадра́тная ми́ля kvadrátnaja mílja |
Talk about this word "square mile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/square%20mile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. square mile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/square%20mile "square mile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/square%20mile.Cite this
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