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Meanings of kilometers in English

Russian
км
Portuguese
quilómetros
Spanish
km
Catalan
kilòmetre
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Unit of length equal to 1,000 meters.

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        Usage of kilometers in English
        1
        The constant is expressed in terms of kilometers per second per megaparsec.
        A short history of nearly everything
        2
        We'll not be going much more than one thousand kilometers per second.
        For Honor We Stand
        3
        The speedometer registered 136 kilometers per hour and was still moving forward.
        A Raging Storm
        4
        The frigate had moved ten million kilometers in-system from their rendezvous point.
        The Fall of Reach
        5
        Besides, it's moving at a hundred and ten thousand kilometers per hour.
        Earth Unaware
        6
        Right now we're four million kilometers away from the Formic ship's trajectory.
        Earth Unaware
        7
        Dizzy was fifteen kilometers from home and going in the wrong direction.
        Coalition's End
        8
        She said patients were being moved a few kilometers to higher ground.
        Reuters
        9
        The Vetas Grandes property covers an area of approximately 300 square kilometers.
        Reuters
        10
        Already our radius of action is down to a few million kilometers.
        Halo Silentium
        11
        Ganymede, the largest moon in the Solar System, measures 5262 kilometers across.
        Wired
        12
        Windows were shattered in suburbs several kilometers from the scene, residents said.
        Reuters
        13
        According to the sign, the next village straight ahead was sixteen kilometers.
        The wrong venus
        14
        Earth had about one and a third billion square kilometers of land.
        Anvil of stars
        15
        Seven hours to cover twenty-five kilometers, on foot, across the open valley.
        The passage
        16
        Water is scarce and Taiz is some 100 kilometers from the coast.
        Reuters
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        Common
        United States of America
        Less common
        United Kingdom
        Rare