légua

See also: legua

French

Verb

légua

1. third-person singular past historic of léguer

Anagrams

• algue, gaule, Gaule, gaulé, lugea

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• légoa, legoa, legua (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/

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

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

• Rhymes: -ɛɡwɐ
• Hyphenation: lé‧gua

Noun

légua f (plural léguas)

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

Hyponyms

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

Coordinate terms

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

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: leegoa