Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: legua
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Portuguese league, a traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously reckoned as 4444.4, 5555.6, or 6172.8 m.

Etymology

From Spanish legua (“Spanish league”) and Portuguese légua (“Portuguese league”), from Late Latin leuga and leuca (“Gaulish league, distance of one hour's walking”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā. Doublet of league.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: legua, légua, leuga, -, *lougā

Inflected Forms

leguas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pie (1⁄15,000 legua) vara (1⁄5000 legua) estado (1⁄2500 legua) estadal (1⁄1250 legua) cordel (1⁄100 legua) milla (1⁄3 legua) estadio (1⁄24 legua) milha (1⁄3 legua)

Synonyms

Spanish league league Portuguese league

Questions

What does legua mean?: Spanish league, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km.
Where does legua come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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