legua

Meaning

1. (feminine, historical) legua, Spanish league (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km)
2. (feminine, figuratively) mile (any great distance)

Concepts

league

association

club

federation

guild

measure

mile

order

union

area

society

Synonyms

liga

medida

milla

peso

unidad de medida

fanega

sistema de medida

medida de longitud

medida de areal

medida de cereal

Hyphenated as

le‧gua

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈleɡwa/

Etymology

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.