G.R. Patterson III wrote:


Martin Hotze wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2004 02:55:04 -0700, Tom Sixkiller wrote:


Ummmm .... I think you mean "square miles."

3291 miles square would cover approximately all of the US and Canada.

The US is 3.2 MILLION square miles.

and 3,291 x 3,291 (3,291 miles square) equals 10,830,681


No, that would be miles *squared*, not miles square.

"Miles square" is the correct term and is frequently used to describe
plots of land, such as townships and the District of Columbia (a square
region with each side being 10 miles long. See for example:
http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/Hist...ia/1404728007/
and http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/township.html

I've sometime also seen the term "miles squared" as having the same
meaning, but it is much less common.