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( League (unit))
A league is a unit of length or area long common in Europe and Latin America, although no longer an official unit in any nation. The league most frequently expresses the distance a person, or a horse, can walk in 1 hour of time (usually about 3.5 miles or 5.5 kilometres). In English units over the past couple of centuries or so, the league was most often considered to be 3 miles, or about 4.8 to 5.6 km, depending on the mile being used – most commonly either the nautical mile (1852 m) or the statute mile (now 1609.344 m, but varying slightly through history). However, English language usage also includes use of this word for any of the various leagues mentioned below (e.g., in discussing the Treaty of Tordesillas). The league was used in Ancient Rome, defined as 1.5 Roman miles (7,500 Roman feet, 2.2&_160;km, 1.4&_160;mi.). The origin is the "leuga gallica" (also leuca Gallica), the league of Gaul. The Argentinian league (legua) is 5.572&_160;km (3.462&_160;mi) or 6,666 varas 1 vara is 0.83&_160;m (33&_160;in).[1]
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