milha

From Portuguese milha (“Portuguese mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Doublet of mile and milla.

milha (plural milhas)

1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.

• Portuguese mile, mile (Portuguese contexts)

• estadio (⅛ milha), legua (3 milhas)

Inherited from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“thousand”).

milha m (plural milhas)

1. mile (customary unit derived from the Roman mile)

• Galician: milla
• Portuguese: milha

• Universo Cantigas - "milha"

• Rhymes: -iʎɐ
• Hyphenation: mi‧lha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milha, from Latin mīlia,[1][2] plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan milla.

milha f (plural milhas)

1. (historical) milha, Portuguese mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the number of equatorial degrees per league

   Coordinate terms: estádio, légua

2. English or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.61 km

   Synonyms: milha imperial, milha terrestre

   Coordinate terms: pé, jarda

From milho (“maize”), from Old Galician-Portuguese millo, from Latin milium (“millet”).

milha f (uncountable)

1. maize straw

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

milha

1. inflection of milhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative