Sentence:  From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much....  But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka's capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 <WSD>miles</WSD> from India's southern tip. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.