légua
See also: legua
French
Verb
légua
- 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[1], from Proto-Celtic *lougā.[2] Cognate with Spanish and Galician legua and Catalan llegua.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡwa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/ [ˈlɛ.ɣwɐ]
Noun
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
- 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
References
- Blažek, Václav (2008), “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, issue 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 49
- Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies