llegua

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎeɡwa/ [ˈʎe.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -eɡwa
• Syllabification: lle‧gua

llegua f (plural llegües)

1. legua; Spanish league

Inherited from Late Latin leuga (“Gaulish mile”). Cognate with Spanish and Galician legua and Portuguese légua.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʎe.ɣwə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʎe.ɣwa]
• Rhymes: -eɡwa
• Hyphenation: lle‧gua

llegua f (plural llegües)

1. (historical) legua, Spanish league, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km

• “llegua”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007