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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