English

Etymology
From French kilomètre < Greek �ίλιοι ('thousand') + μέ��ον.

Alternative spellings
(US) kilometer

Noun
kilometre (British and Canadian spelling; plural: kilometres)

1. An SI#Abbreviation|SI/MKS unit of measure equal to one thousand metres.

Symbol
km (official SI symbol), Km (chiefly American, in non-scientific usage, such as in road signs)

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|�����تر (kilomítr) m
Bosnian: kilometar#Bosnian|kilometar m
Chinese: �米 (qi�n-m�), �� (g�ng-l�)
Croatian: kilometar#Croatian|kilometar m
Czech: kilometr m
Dutch: kilometer#Dutch|kilometer
Esperanto: kilometro
Finnish: kilometri
French: kilomètre m
German: Kilometer m
Greek: �ιλι�με��ο (çiliómetro) n
Hebrew: ק�����ר (kilometer) m
Interlingua: kilometro
Italian: chilometro m
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Japanese: ������ (kirom�toru)
Korean: �롬미� (kilomiteo)
Latin: chiliometrum n
Portuguese: quilômetro m
Russian: киломе�� (kilométr) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: киломе�а�#Serbian|киломе�а� m
:Roman: kilometar#Serbian|kilometar m
Spanish: kilómetro m
Swedish: kilometer#Swedish|kilometer c
Tongan: kilomita
Vietnamese: cây s�, kilômet

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