Feminine
legua
- (feminine, historical) legua, Spanish league (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km)
- (feminine, figuratively) mile (any great distance)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
le‧gua
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈleɡwa/
Etymology
In summary
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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