māero
1. (loan) (noun) mile.
E hia māero te tawhiti o Rānana ki Swansea? Aua. Kāore au e mōhio. / How many miles is it from London to Swansea? I don't know.
Ko ngā māero o tēnei roto wai māori, tawhio noa, e 800 māero; ko te roa, e 250 māero; ko te whānui, e 90 māero (KO 15/3/1884:7). / This fresh water lake is 800 miles in circumference; the length is 250 miles; and the width is 90 miles.