Dictionary of units of measurement. 2015.
irish mile — noun Usage: usually capitalized I : an old Irish unit of distance equal to 1.273 statute miles * * * Irish mile (obsolete) 2240 yards • • • Main Entry: ↑mile … Useful english dictionary
Mile — Miles redirects here. For other uses, see Mile (disambiguation) and Miles (disambiguation). mile international US survey nautical 1.609344 km 1.609347 km 1.852 km 1,6 … Wikipedia
mile — /muyl/, n. 1. Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers). 2. See nautical mile. 3. See international nautical mile. 4. any of various other units of… … Universalium
mile — (mi) 1. a traditional unit of distance. The word comes from the Latin word for 1000, mille, because originally a mile was the distance a Roman legion could march in 1000 paces (or 2000 steps, a pace being the distance between successive falls… … Dictionary of units of measurement
Irish National Land League — The Irish Land League was an Irish political organization of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on. The… … Wikipedia
Mile End, Montreal — Mile End seen from Mount Royal. Mile End is a neighbourhood and municipal electoral district in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada … Wikipedia
Mile One Centre — Former names Mile One Stadium Location … Wikipedia
Irish syntax — is rather different from that of most Indo European languages, notably because of its VSO word order.Normal word orderThe normal word order in an Irish sentence is: #Preverbal particle #Verb #Subject #Direct object or predicate adjective… … Wikipedia
Irish Republican Brotherhood — The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was a secret oath bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an independent democratic Republic in the mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [McGee, p. 15.] Its counterpart in the … Wikipedia
Irish Bruce Wars 1315–1318 — Historical background= By the early 14th century, Ireland had not had a High King since Ruaidri mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair who had been deposed by his son in 1186. Further, the Plantagenet dynasty had been assigned Ireland by Laudabiliter in… … Wikipedia
