kilomita
kee-loh-MEE-tah
How to say it
Swahilikilomitakee-loh-MEE-tah
Englishkilometer
Frenchkilomètre
Meaning
A unit of distance equal to one thousand meters.
Good to know
The plural is the same word: kilomita kumi, ten kilometers. Kilomita za mraba are square kilometers; some writers spell it kilometa.
Examples
- Shule iko kilomita tatu kutoka nyumbani.The school is three kilometers from home.
- Gari lilikuwa likienda kilomita mia kwa saa.The car was going at a hundred kilometers an hour.
- Tulitembea kilomita kumi kufika sokoni.We walked ten kilometers to get to the market.
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