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Meanings of kilometre in English

Russian
км
Portuguese
quilômetro
Spanish
km
Catalan
kilòmetre
Wikidata

Unit of length equal to 1,000 meters.

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км
Usage of kilometre in English
1
The demand for transport in South Africa is lower per square kilometre.
The South African
2
Authorities continue to impose a four-kilometre exclusion zone around the active volcano.
News.com.au
3
How can a mere seven-kilometre stretch of sand deliver such different experiences?
News.com.au
4
It flattened vast swathes of forest over a 2000 square kilometre area.
News.com.au
5
The distance to the foot of the rapids was about a kilometre.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
6
They should be above the five-thousand-kilometre gravity-field boundary in another four minutes.
The Reality Dysfunction
7
Small explosions erupted right across the two-kilometre grid of metal and composite.
The Neutronium Alchemist
8
The development includes a four-kilometre road linking it to the M1 motorway.
The Irish Times
9
On the Moon, of course- atwokilometre circuit in the Olympic Dome.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
10
Yet not one kilometre of mains was replaced in Dublin in 2010.
The Irish Times
11
How does one climb a half-kilometre vertical cliff; even in reduced gravity?
Rendezvous with Rama
12
Participants have the option of doing the five, ten or 15-kilometre walks.
The South African
13
With only a kilometre of altitude left the flyer lost its spin.
The Reality Dysfunction
14
Drinking alcohol within half a kilometre of a polling station is prohibited.
Radio NZ
15
They paused for another ten, then started on the last vertical kilometre.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
16
There is at least half a kilometre of cold ocean beneath us.
The Guardian
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Kilometre through the time
Kilometre across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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