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The league expresses the distance a person, or a horse, can walk in 1 hour of time (usually about 3 miles or 5 kilometers).
The league was used by Ancient Rome, which defined it as being 3 miles. The origin is the Persian parasang which came to the Romans via the Greek.
The Spanish League or was originally set as a fixed unit of distance of 5000 varas, about 2.6 miles or 4.2 km. Officially the league was abolished by Philip II of Spain in 1568, but it is still in use unofficially in parts of Latin America, with exact meaning varying in different countries.
In Argentina a league is a distance of 5 km.
In Brazil the league has fallen into disuse, but it used to be described as equivalent to 6 km.
In Yucatan and other parts of rural MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co the league is still commonly used in the original sense of the distance that can be covered on foot in an hour, so that a league along a good road on level ground is a greater distance than a league on a difficult path over rough terrain.
The FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. exists in several variants, all in the neighborhood of 4 km. Its use overlaps the metric system.
See Historical weights and measuresMany systems of weights and measures have existed throughout history. The definitions of some of these units were often vague and inaccurate, and although the roots of many of the units were the same, the actual value of a unit differed from country to co for various definitions of the league.
The seven-league bootsSeven-league boots are a fictional element in the folklore of Europe. The boots allow the wearer to take great strides seven leagues each step resulting in great speed. The boots are presented, sometimes old and worn, to the protagonist in order that they are a magical prop in European folk tales.
Jules VerneJules Verne ( February 8, 1828 March 24, 1905) was a French writer and a pioneer of the science fiction ( scientific romance) genre. Early years Verne was born in Nantes to attorney Pierre Verne and his wife Sophie. The oldest of the family's five childre named his novel about Captain NemoCaptain Nemo is the protagonist of Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ( 1870) and its sequel, Mysterious Island ( 1874). He is prince Dakkar, the son of an Indian rajah and nephew of Tippoo Sahib, having a deep hatred of the British and The Nautilus Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
League also refers to an administrative division in Inner Mongolia. See League (Inner Mongolia).
League is also a term used to denote a collective entity. A league can be:
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