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Definition of Square mile
1. Noun. An area of 640 acres.
Definition of Square mile
1. Proper noun. the City of London ¹
2. Noun. A unit of area (''abbreviation'' '''sq mi''' ''or'' '''sq. mi.''' ''or'' '''mi2''') equal to the area of a square the sides of which are each one mile long. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Square Mile
Literary usage of Square mile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"average density of population, 184-6 persons per square mile. The total adult
agricultural population (male and female) numbers 36490, with an average area ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"By 1865, the number had increased to 7oo,22o,or 42010 the square mile. ...
Average density of the population, 472 persons per square mile; villages per ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1887)
"The density was highest in Central Greece, where it was over 150 per square mile ;
in Attica Dr. Beloch makes the density to have been about 260 per square ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"6d. per square mile, or 4jd, per head of the population. ... Average density of
population, 147 per square mile; villages per square mile, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"In Ireland the density is 1(4! persons per square mile. The Indian railways, as
above, have cost about ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"North America, with a population of but 16 per square mile, has more of food ...
In Asia, with a population of 80 per square mile, the exportable surplus is ..."
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