, 2 8 0 ▁m ). ▁Between ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁" D utch ▁metric ▁system " ▁( N eder lands ▁met rie k ▁st els el ) ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 6 ▁and ▁the ▁re forms ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁the ▁word ▁" m ij l " ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁a ▁kilomet re . ▁The ▁word ▁mij l ▁has ▁since ▁fallen ▁into ▁dis use ▁except ▁when ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁" mile " ▁used ▁in ▁English - spe aking ▁countries . ▁ ▁Ro ede ▁The ▁ro ede ▁( liter ally , ▁" rod ") ▁was ▁generally ▁somewhat ▁smaller ▁than ▁the ▁English ▁rod , ▁which ▁is ▁ 1 6 . 5 ▁feet ▁( or ▁ 5 . 0 2 9 2 ▁metres ). ▁However , ▁the ▁length ▁of ▁a ▁ro ede , ▁and ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁vo eten ▁in ▁a ▁ro ede , ▁varied ▁from ▁place ▁to ▁place . ▁There ▁could ▁be ▁anywhere ▁from ▁ 7 ▁to ▁ 2 1 ▁vo eten ▁in ▁a ▁ro ede . ▁The ▁ro ede ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁for ▁the ▁measurement ▁of ▁long ▁distances ▁was ▁generally ▁the ▁R ijn land ▁rod . ▁Other ▁ro ds ▁included : ▁▁ ▁one ▁R ijn land ▁rod ▁( R ijn land se ▁ro ede ) ▁(= ▁ 1 2 ▁R ijn land ▁feet ) ▁was ▁ 3 . 7 6 7 ▁m ▁ ▁one ▁Amsterdam ▁rod ▁( Am sterdam se ▁ro ede ) ▁(= ▁ 1 3 ▁Amsterdam ▁feet ) ▁was ▁ 3 . 6 8