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legua.

legua, Spanish league (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈleɡwa/[ˈle.ɣ̞wa]
  1. legua, Spanish league (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km)

    feminine · historical
  2. mile (any great distance)

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Late Latin leuga and leuca (“Gaulish league, distance of one hour's walking”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā. Cognate with Galician legua, Portuguese légua, and Catalan llegua.

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