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Miles to Yards Conversion Table With Examples
How to Convert Miles to Yards? Miles to Yards conversion Mile: Definition A mile is a unit of length that equals exactly 1,609.344 meters. One mile is 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet. A mile is an imperial unit of length and also a US customary. Miles can be denoted as “mi”, and are also sometimes denoted as “m”. For e.g.,1 mile can also be written as “1 mi” or “1 m”. Mile: Origin A mile is a length unit used in English (predecessor to Imperial units and United States Customary Units). Before the widespread use of the metric system, the abbreviation “m” for the mile was often used; following the adoption of the metric system, “mi” became the preferred abbreviation to avoid misunderstanding between miles and meters. The definition of a mile as 5,280 feet (or 8 furlongs), also known as the statute mile, international mile, or land mile, which differs from the Roman mile of 5,000 feet and was adopted in 1593 owing to the prominence of the furlong in England. There are also a number of units that are based on or closely related to, the Roman mile, such as the nautical mile (exactly 1.852 km), the Italian mile (approx.1.852 km), and the Chinese mile (exactly 500m). Mile: Current use Although most nations have adopted the metric system and use kilometers, rather than miles to indicate land distance, the mile is still widely used in nations such as the Call@ 8800999280/83/84