légua

See also: legua

French edit

Verb edit

légua

third-person singular past historic of léguer

Anagrams edit

algue, gaule, Gaule, gaulé, lugea

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

légoa, legoa, legua (obsolete)

Etymology edit

From Late Latin leuga (“Gaulish league, the distance of one hour's walking”), from Gaulish,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *lougā.^[2] Cognate with Spanish and Galician legua and Catalan llegua.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡwa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/ [ˈlɛ.ɣwɐ]

Rhymes: -ɛɡwɐ
Hyphenation: lé‧gua

Noun edit

légua f (plural léguas)

(historical) legua, Portuguese league, a traditional unit of distance, variously reckoned as 4444.4, 5555.6, or 6172.8 m
(historical) metric league, a unit of distance equal to exactly 5 km used immediately after Portuguese metricization

Hyponyms edit

légua de 18 ao grau, légua de 20 ao grau, légua de 25 ao grau

Coordinate terms edit

estádio (¹⁄₂₄ légua), milha (¹⁄₃ légua), grau (18, 20, or 25 léguas)

Descendants edit

Kadiwéu: leegoa

References edit

^ Blažek, Václav (2008) “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, number 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 49
^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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