Definitions for miles
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1. milesnoun

   A great distance.

2. Milesnoun

   A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather, / Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain.

3. Milesnoun

   A patronymic surname, also derived from a Middle English form of Michael.

4. Etymology: From given name Milo, of problematic origin, possibly from an unknown element, or a short form of names beginning with mil- "grace, favor". The English form is associated by folk etymology with Latin miles.

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1. Miles

   Miles is a small town in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Miles had a population of 1,164. The town is situated on the Warrego Highway, 340 kilometres west of Brisbane, the state capital. Formerly known as Dogwood Crossing, the town is situated on Dogwood Creek, named by German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt in 1844. The town was renamed Miles in honour of the Queensland Colonial Secretary, William Miles.

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1. miles

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1. MILES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miles is ranked #368 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Miles surname appeared 84,942 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 29 would have the surname Miles.
   
   61.3% or 52,095 total occurrences were White.
   32.3% or 27,479 total occurrences were Black.
   2.6% or 2,217 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.4% or 2,073 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.7% or 663 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 416 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'miles' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1066

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'miles' in Written Corpus Frequency: #947

Anagrams for miles »

1. slime

2. smile

3. limes

How to pronounce miles?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of miles in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of miles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of miles in a Sentence

1. Henry Harris-Burland:

   I do think there’s a very big difference between a car traveling at 80 miles an hour or 70 miles an hour in a freeway and a robot traveling at max speed four miles an hour on the sidewalk.

2. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.

3. Robert Frost:

   The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep.

4. J. Paul Getty:

   Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still

5. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.

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