Definitions for miles
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

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   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. Confucius:

   A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

2. Lynda Vanartsdalen:

   My mind was going a million miles an hour.

3. Max Verstappen:

   I think it's still going to be hard, we need a bit of luck as well for that, but I will give everything. Of course we had some really unlucky results but... they( Ferrari) should have been miles ahead of us over the whole year.

4. Paul Castro:

   I found out after they murdered my son, he kept chasing us. After he murdered my son, he continued the chase, i was driving 100 miles an hour to get away from them and it wasn't good enough. That person is dangerous.

5. Brian Kelly:

   You can sign up for airline dining programs, you just attach them one time to your debit or credit card and they automatically give you extra miles and points for dining at certain restaurants. That’s another no-brainer.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Miles
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=miles
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html