Mil
mil guda ɗaya ne na tsayi. Akwai nau'ikan mil daban-daban amma mil a kan kansa yawanci yana nufin mil na doka .

Tsayin mil 
A cikin Amurka da Burtaniya kalmar mil yawanci tana nufin mil na doka.

Nautical mil 
Ana amfani da mil mil na ruwa don tafiya ta ruwa ko ta jirgin sama.

Tun asali an bayyana nisan mil na ruwa a matsayin minti ɗaya na baka tare da layin dogon duniya. Akwai minti 60 na baka a cikin digiri ɗaya ko baka (60') = 1°). Don haka akwai mil mil kimanin guda 10,800 na ruwa daga Pole ta Arewa zuwa Pole ta Kudu.

Yanzu an ayyana mil mil na ruwa a matsayin mita 1,852 .

Gudun jirgin da ke tafiyar mil ɗaya na ruwa a cikin sa'a ɗaya ana kiransa kulli ɗaya

Romawamil 
Romawa ne suka fara amfani da mil ɗin. Ya fito daga kalmar Latin mille passus (jam'i: milia passuum ). Wannan yana nufin "taki dubu ɗaya" (1000). Taki shine nisan da kowace ƙafa ke motsawa yayin tafiya ɗaukar mataki ɗaya.

Sauran mil 
An yi amfani da mil daban-daban a cikin tarihi a sassa daban-daban na duniya. A Norway da Sweden, alal misali, mil shine raka'a mai tsayi wanda yayi daidai da kilomita 10.

Maganganu 
Ko da a cikin ƙasashen turawa waɗanda ke amfani da tsarin awo (misali, Ostiraliya, Kanada, da New Zealand), har yanzu ana amfani da mil ɗin a yawancin karin magana . Waɗannan sun haɗa da:

 Ana amfani da mil ƙasar baki ɗaya don nufin nisa mai nisa sosai.
 "Rashin nasara yana da kyau kamar mil" (rashin nasara ta wurin kunkuntar gefe bai fi kowace gazawa ba)
 "Ba shi inci daya zai kai mil" - cin hanci da rashawa na "Ka ba shi inci kuma ya dauki el "   (mutumin da ake magana a kai zai zama mai kwadayi idan an nuna karamci)
 "An rasa ta mil ɗaya" (ɓataccen gefe ya ɓace)
 "Tafiyarmil a minti daya" (tafi da sauri)
 "Yi magana mil a minti daya" (yi magana da sauri)
 "Don tafiya da karin mile" (don yin ƙarin ƙoƙari)
 "Miles away" (rasa cikin tunani, ko mafarkin rana )
 "Milestone" (wakilin da ke nuna ci gaba da yawa)

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