kilometre

/ kɪˈlɒmɪtə, ˌkɪləʊˈmɛtrɪk, ˈkɪləˌmiːtə /

noun

1. km. one thousand metres, equal to 0.621371 miles

Other Word Forms

• kilometric adjective

Example Sentences

From there, the boom of Israelis air strikes and artillery could be heard just a few kilometres away in Gaza, where witnesses said the intense Israeli bombardment continued.

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Many travel hundreds of kilometres to Prayagraj where the court is located on just a few days' notice for their hearing.

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According to Czech Radio's online news portal iRozhlas, he has wandered through 60 towns and villages in four countries – Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria – in a journey approaching 500 kilometres.

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Yoyogi Park, where the main warm-up facility is located, is a two and a half kilometre drive from Japan National Stadium, a bus journey which takes about 15 minutes.

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Yet, the implications of the drought stretch far beyond the thousands of kilometres of barren farmlands.

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