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kilometre
noun
A
unit
of
length
or
distance
equal
to
1
,
000
meters
(
approximately
0
.
62
miles
).
•
"
The
park
is
just
two
kilometres
from
here
,"
the
woman
told
her
friend
.
"
The
park
is
just
two
kilometres
from
here
,"
the
woman
told
her
friend
.
•
The
hiker
checked
his
watch
after
walking
10
kilometres
.
The
hiker
checked
his
watch
after
walking
10
kilometres
.
From
French
kilomètre
,
from
kilo-
("
thousand
")
+
mètre
("
meter
"),
introduced
with
the
metric
system
in
the
18th
century
.
noun
a
unit
of
length
equal
to
1000
metres
•
The
local
shop
is
just
500
metres
or
half
a
kilometre
away
.
The
local
shop
is
just
500
metres
or
half
a
kilometre
away
.
•
Our
road
trip
covered
300
kilometres
in
one
day
.
Our
road
trip
covered
300
kilometres
in
one
day
.
From
French
kilomètre
(
first
used
1810
),
from
kilo-
(
'thousand'
)
+
mètre
(
'metre'
),
as
part
of
the
metric
system
introduced
during
the
French
Revolution
.