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Many other users, particularly in countries where SI (the metric system) is not widely used, use the second pronunciation with stress on the second syllable. The second pronunciation follows the stress pattern used for the names of measuring instruments (such as
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Two German textbooks dated 1842 and 1848 respectively give a snapshot of the use of the kilometre across Europe: the kilometre was in use in the Netherlands and in Italy, and the myriametre was in use in France.
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After Australia introduced the metric system in 1970, the first pronunciation was declared official by the government's Metric Conversion Board. However, the Australian prime minister at the time,
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and so on). It is generally preferred by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
1588: 1188: 1491: 841:(CIPM) officially abolished the prefix "myria-" and with it the "myriametre", leaving the kilometre as the recognised unit of length for measurements of that magnitude. 1249: 1589: 774:, this being a truly internationally based unit. The first name of the kilometre was "Millaire". Although the metre was formally defined in 1799, the 1666: 838: 1244: 1410: 1196: 515:
The first pronunciation follows a pattern in English whereby SI units are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable (as in
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The Dutch, on the other hand, adopted the kilometre in 1817 but gave it the local name of the
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Lehrbuch des gesammten Rechnens für die vierte Classe der Hauptschulen in den k.k. Staaten
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as the sole length measurement system in the French Republic and it was based on
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only appeared in an appendix. French maps published in 1835 had scales showing
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Arithmetic textbook for the fourth class in the Imperial and Royal states
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became the only official unit of measure in the Netherlands to represent
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From smallest to largest (left to right). Commonly used units shown in
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to develop a new measurement system. In August 1793, the French
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One astronomical unit is currently accepted to be equal to
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is commonly used to represent kilometre. The abbreviation
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Theoretical and practical instruction in arithmetic
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