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How to pronounce km in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms kilometer, kilometre, klick
Type of metric linear unit

Examples of km

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The distance from the detector in Italy to the source in Geneva is about 730 km.
From the forbes.com
Why did he take 40 years to walk what is about 250-300 km, ie a 10-14 days walk?
From the economist.com
The second option is usually followed by guilt and an extra km to the daily run.
From the nzcatholic.org.nz
The image was taken on 19 July 2005, from a distance of 302 km from the surface.
From the sciencedaily.com
The 20 km exclusion zone which made refugees out of 150,000 people is still hot.
From the forbes.com
Something like 40% of the world's population lives within 100 km of a coastline.
From the guardian.co.uk
Between 2000 and 2005 it lost 351,000 sq km of forest, mostly to fire and pests.
From the economist.com
The closest stop of the Milan Metro subway is in Bonola, about 1 km from Trenno.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The city line should be stretched along the banks of the Dnieper River in 22 km.
From the en.wikipedia.org
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  • 1. AMOOFL for {Kingdom Ministry}. <<ID cards are required to get in the door at KM School in order to protect us all from unwelcome intruders.>> 2. Sometimes an AMOOFL used instead of the more correct OKM for Our Kingdom Ministry. (An easy mistake to make; its publication code is [km]. ...