LEAGUE

League

A league is a unit of length . It was long common in Europe and Latin America, but it is no longer an official unit in any nation. The league originally referred to the distance a person could walk in an hour Since the Middle Ages, many values have been specified in several countries. In the context of nautical distances, the 3 1 mile distance corresponds to how far an observer of average height can see when standing at sea level. Thus, a ship traveling one "league" has reached what was previously the farthest visible distance on the horizon. The lack of a historical and global standard for the exact measure of a "league" can be accounted for ...

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league

Noun

  1. A group or association of cooperating members.
    the League of Nations
  2. An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
    My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.
  3. Rugby league.
    Are you going to watch the league tonight?

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
  2. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

Verb

  1. To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.


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