légua

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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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