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A league is a unit of length or area long common in Europe and Latin America, although no longer an official unit in any nation. The league most frequently expresses the distance a person, or a horse, can walk in 1 hour of time (usually about 3.5 miles or 5.5 kilometres). This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The former Weights and Measures office in Middlesex, England. ...
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Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...
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The hour (symbol: h) is a unit of time. ...
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Different definitions
The English-Speaking World In English units over the past couple of centuries or so, the league was most often considered to be 3 miles, or about 4.8 to 5.6 km, depending on the mile being used (most commonly either statute miles or nautical miles). However, English language usage includes use of this word for any of the various leagues mentioned below (e.g., in discussing the Treaty of Tordesillas). “Miles†redirects here. ...
A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of length. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
Cantino planisphere of 1502 depicting the meridian designated by the treaty. ...
Ancient Rome The league was used in Ancient Rome, where it was defined as being 1.5 Roman miles (i.e., 7500 Roman feet). The origin is the "leuga gallica" (also: leuca Gallica), the league of Gaul. Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ...
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Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given,in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ...
- See also: Ancient Roman units of measurement.
The ancient Roman units of measurement were built on the Greek system with Egyptian influences. ...
Argentina In Argentina, a league is a distance of 5 km. [citation needed]
Brazil In Brazil, the league is still used occasionally in the country, where it has been described as equivalent to 6 km. [citation needed]
France The French lieue – at different times – existed in several variants: 10,000, 12,000, 13,200 and 14,400 French feet, about 3.25 km to about 4.68 km. Its use overlapped the metric system for a while but is now long discontinued. Look up si, Si, SI in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
- See also: French units of measurement.
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Mexico In Yucatan and other parts of rural Mexico, the league is still commonly used in the original sense of the distance that can be covered on foot in an hour, so that a league along a good road on level ground is a greater distance than a league on a difficult path over rough terrain. The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Spain The Spanish League or legua was originally set as a fixed unit of distance of 5,000 varas, about 2.6 miles or 4.2 km. Officially the league was abolished by Philip II of Spain in 1568, but it is still in use unofficially in parts of Latin America, with exact meaning varying in different countries. The are a number of Spanish and Portuguese units of measurement of length or area that are now obsolete. ...
Philip II (Spanish: Felipe II de Habsburgo; Portuguese: Filipe I) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was the first official King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England (as husband of Mary I) from 1554 to 1558, Lord...
Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ...
Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...
In the early Hispanic settlement of New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado, a league was also a unit of area, defined as being equal to approximately 4428.4 acres.[1] This usage of league is referenced frequently in the Texas Constitution. So defined, a league of land would encompass a square that is one Spanish league on each side. The ethnonym Mexican-American describes United States citizens of Mexican ancestry (14 million in 2003) and Mexican citizens who reside in the US (10 million in 2003). ...
Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area Ranked 5th - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²) - Width 342 miles (550 km) - Length 370 miles (595 km) - % water 0. ...
Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
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An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ...
The Texas Constitution is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of Texas. ...
Use in fiction Seven-league boots are a fictional element in the folklore of Europe. ...
Folklore is the ethnographic concept of the tales, legends, or superstitions current among a particular ethnic population, a part of the oral history of a particular culture. ...
Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828–March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. ...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne (1828–1905), published in 1870 under the title Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. ...
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The li (里 lÇ) is a Chinese unit of distance, until recently usually considered to be about 576 metres, but is now standardised at a half a kilometre or 500 metres (547 yards). ...
The are a number of Spanish and Portuguese units of measurement of length or area that are now obsolete. ...
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is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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