- Original: μίλιον - Transliteration: Milion - Phonetic: mil'-ee-on - Definition: 1. a mile, among the Romans the distance of a thousand paces or eight stadia, about 1.5 km [somewhat less than our mile] - Origin: of Latin origin - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Of Latin origin; a thousand paces that is a mile: - mile.