Kilometer

[Little_Girl]

A thousand [meters]. A [metric] measurment used for mid to long distances. Approximately 5/8 or .625 of a mile.
A word which is - more often than not - [BUTCHERED] by alledgedly educated media speakers and now the general population.
The correct pronunciation is based on the FACT that the first part of the word is kilo meaning 1000 and [uttered] as keelo. The second part is meter, uttered meeter. Thus the true pronunciation of this whopper - [give me a break] - is keelomeeter with the [o] pronounced as it is generally uttered in the alphabet as opposed to the long awww sound. The explanation for this is best offered through understanding prefixes and suffixes as well as investigating how other related metric measurements are uttered. Centimeter for example is NOT uttered cent-IM-itter just as millimeter is NOT uttered mill-IM-itter. These two words are usually NOT BUTCHERED and are found said properly as sEnta-mEEter or sEnti-meeter - with the i pronounced as in the word it. And milli-meeter - i pronounced as in the word it. Or milleemeeter.

[Sarah]

A metric unit of measurement equal to 1,000 meters (approximately 0.62 miles).

[exinilu]

a unit of measurement equal to 1,000 meters