milion

μίλιον [1 verse](noun sg neut acc ) "Mile" is milion, which was the Roman mile, 8 stades, a thousand paces, about 80 yards less than our mile.  -- The word translated as "mile" is the Greek source word for our word and it is surprisingly close to our mile in length, only 240 feet less.

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noun

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