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KIL-uh-meet-uh/ˈkɪləmiːtə/

A thousand metres of distance is a kilometre — British spelling with re, not “kilometer.” Two kilometres away. A mile is longer (about 1.6 kilometres). Metre is the shorter unit inside it.

Meaning

A measure of distance: 1,000 metres.

Examples

• “The school is two kilometres away.”
• “The beach is five kilometres from here.”
• “We walked one kilometre to the bus.”

Good to know

British: kilometre (re). 1 km = 1,000 metres. Longer: a mile.

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