legua

See also: légua

Portuguese

Noun

legua f (plural leguas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of légua

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish[1], from Proto-Celtic *lewgā (compare Middle Breton leau, Welsh lew, lev, leo (“league”)).[2]

Noun

legua f (plural leguas)

  1. league (distance)

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