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noun, feminine

legua

/ˈleɡwa/

noun, feminine/ˈleɡwa/plural: leguas

legua, Spanish league (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km); mile (any great distance)

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.