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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.

Wikidata

  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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  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

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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. Ron DeSantis:

    When families are uprooting from the Pacific Coast to go almost 3,000 miles in search of a better life, that's telling you something.

  2. Belkacem Machane:

    Many people have walked from 10 km to 40 kms (6 to 25 miles). They are arriving in a state of shock, and urgently need food, shelter, water – assistance with their most basic needs, they have now reached the end of their rope.

  3. Courtney Brown:

    The ground is wet and it’s been raining you’re going over 80 miles an hour on this type of a road. That’s reckless driving, i’m so sorry.

  4. Linda Salsbery:

    Burns High School's total hysteria. Heather Moss get on the Internet and there's so much misinformation, those guys aren't here to kill anybody. They just decided to take a stand somewhere. They're 60 miles from town.

  5. Daniel Dieckhaus:

    We are miles away from anywhere here and communications are down. People are going to need everything, from shelter to blankets and kitchen sets.

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