# kilometre

Pronunciation: UK say "ki-LOM-i-tuh" /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/; US say "kuh-LAH-mi-ter" /kəˈlɑmɪtəɹ/

## Noun

1. A unit of length in the International System of Units, equal to 1,000 metres and written with the symbol km.
   - Simple: A unit for measuring distance that is equal to 1,000 metres.
   - _The tunnel under the estuary is just over a kilometre long._
   - _She runs ten kilometres in the park every Saturday morning._

## Origin

French formed kilomètre from two Ancient Greek words, khílioi ("thousand") and métron ("measure"), and English took it from French. In English terms it is kilo- plus metre.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/kilometre (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).