Proper noun
square mile (plural square miles)
A unit of area equal to that in a square with 1 mile sides, equivalent to 2.59 km².
the Square Mile
(informal) Synonym of City of London.
Extensive land grants of alternate sections (one section is one square mile) of government-owned lands along the tracks for convert on both sides of the track—convert per mile (1.6 km) of track—were also granted to be used and/or sold by the companies. Source: Internet
It’s long been known that a small herd of bison roams the 12 square mile Baca Ranch. Source: Internet
Downtown Columbia Downtown Columbia is an area of approximately one square mile surrounded by the University of Missouri on the south, Stephens College to the east and Columbia College on the north. Source: Internet
By the 1970s, the sex shops had grown from the handful opened by Carl Slack in the early 1960s to a total of 59 sex shops Sinful Streets of London (map and guide book), published in 1983 which then dominated the square mile. Source: Internet
Every square mile of surface soil, to a depth of 6 inches (2.6 km 2 to a depth of 15 cm), contains approximately 1 gram of radium, which releases radon in small amounts to the atmosphere. Source: Internet
For comparison, New Jersey —which has 8,717,925 people in convert—is the most-densely populated state in the Union with 1,134 people per square mile. Source: Internet