chiliometrum

• kilometrum

From French kilomètre, Classicalizing compound of Ancient Greek χῑλιάς (khīliás, “thousand”) and Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, meter”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰiː.liˈo.me.trum/, [kʰiːlʲiˈɔmɛt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ki.liˈo.me.trum/, [kiliˈɔːmet̪rum]

chīliometrum n (genitive chīliometrī); second declension

1. (unit of measure, New Latin) a kilometre
   • 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Globulus nuclearis maior et minor , Nuntii Latini 12.1.2018:

     Mense Novembri Coreani Septentrionales experimentum fecerunt, quo missile in altitudinem quattuor milium et quingentorum chiliometrorum emiserunt.

     In November North Korea carried out a test in which they sent a missile to a height of 4500 kilometres.

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• metrum