légua

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See also: legua

French

Verb

légua

  1. third-person singular past historic of léguer

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Late Latin leuga (Gaulish league, the distance of one hour's walking), from Gaulish,[1] from Proto-Celtic *lougā.[2] Cognate with Spanish and Galician legua and Catalan llegua.

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Noun

légua f (plural léguas)

  1. (historical) legua, Portuguese league, a traditional unit of distance, variously reckoned as 4444.4, 5555.6, or 6172.8 m
  2. (historical) metric league, a unit of distance equal to exactly 5 km used immediately after Portuguese metricization

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References

  1. ^ Blažek, Václav (2008) “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, number 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 49
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies