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noun 
  1. A group or organization
Ex. <i>The Red-headed <b>league</b> in <u>Sherlock Holmes</u></i>
  1. An organization of sports teams that play against each other for a championship
Ex. the National Football League, the American (baseball) League
  1. (<i>measurement</i>) The distance that a person can walk in one hour. Commonly taken to be three English miles (about five kilometres).
M. Le Page Du Pratz, <i>History of Louisisana</i> (PG), p. 47
: <i>Seven <b>leagues</b> above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered;</i>
Translations: 
  • German: Liga
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