legua

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛɡwa/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: legua

Cognate with Portuguese: légua

Cognate with Catalan: llegua

In summary

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.