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legua.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɛɡwa/[ˈlɛ.ɣ̞wɐ]/ˈlɛɡwa/standard[ˈlɛ.ɣ̞wɐ]standard
  1. legua, Spanish league, traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese legua, attested in the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Late Latin leuga and leuca (“Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā. Cognate with Spanish legua, Portuguese légua, and Catalan llegua.

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