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land mile - a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

international mile, mile, stat mi, statute mile, mi

linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length

furlong - a unit of length equal to 220 yards

880 yards, half mile - a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile

440 yards, quarter mile - a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile

league - an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

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In his address to the coordinative workshop organized by the Ministry of International Cooperation in coordination with expertise firm (Land Mile), in the field of assessment and follow-up, in order to come up with recommendations to contribute in the establishment of successful projects of the foreign aid provided by the European Union to support development projects in the country, calling for the organization of regular workshops to assess the projects on the national and state levels.

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If you don't care why it's called a knot - just that there are about 1.15 knots per land mile - skip the part that follows in italics.

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They left Holyhead in Anglesey, North Wales, at 9pm on Tuesday night to swim the 56 nautical mile (65 land mile) charity relay in aid of Cancer Research UK.

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House representative, expensed $1,152 while traversing the 69,001 square land miles of North Dakota's campaign trail, AP said.