league

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From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).

English surname, perhaps a spelling variant of Leake.

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From Middle English lege (“league”), from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā (compare Middle Breton leau, lew, Breton lev / leo (“league”)). Doublet of legua.

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lidhje — a group or association of cooperating members
• Arabic: عُصْبَة (ʕuṣba) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Arabic: اِتِّحَاد (ittiḥād) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Arabic: اِتِّفَاق (ittifāq) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Arabic: اتِّحاد (ittiḥād) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Armenian: լիգա (liga) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Belarusian: лі́га (líha) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Belarusian: аб'ядна́нне (abʺjadnánnje) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Belarusian: аб'ядна́ньне (abʺjadnánʹnje) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Belarusian: саю́з (sajúz) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Bulgarian: ли́га (líga) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Bulgarian: съю́з (sǎjúz) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Catalan: lliga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ (unadotlvhi) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Chinese Mandarin: 同盟 (tóngméng) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Chinese Mandarin: 聯盟 /联盟 (liánméng) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Czech: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Czech: třída — a group or association of cooperating members
• Czech: svaz — a group or association of cooperating members
• Danish: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Danish: forening — a group or association of cooperating members
• Danish: forbund — a group or association of cooperating members
• Dutch: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Dutch: verbond — a group or association of cooperating members
• Dutch: vereniging — a group or association of cooperating members
• Esperanto: ligo — a group or association of cooperating members
• Estonian: liit — a group or association of cooperating members
• Estonian: liiga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Finnish: liitto — a group or association of cooperating members
• French: ligue — a group or association of cooperating members
• Georgian: ლიგა (liga) — a group or association of cooperating members
• German: Liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• German: Bund — a group or association of cooperating members
• German: Verband — a group or association of cooperating members
• German: Verein — a group or association of cooperating members
• German: Vereinigung — a group or association of cooperating members
• Greek: σύνδεσμος (sýndesmos) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Greek: ένωση (énosi) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Greek: συμμαχία (symmachía) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Greek: ομάδα (omáda) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Greek: κοινωνία (koinonía) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Greek: διμοιρία (dimoiría) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Ancient Greek: ἀρθμός (arthmós) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Hindi: संघ (saṅgh) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Hindi: संगठन (saṅgṭhan) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Hungarian: szövetség — a group or association of cooperating members
• Hungarian: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Indonesian: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Irish: conradh — a group or association of cooperating members
• Italian: lega — a group or association of cooperating members
• Japanese: 連盟 (renmei) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Japanese: 同盟 (dōmei) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Kazakh: одақ (odaq) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Korean: 연맹 (yeonmaeng) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Korean: 련맹 (ryeonmaeng) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Korean: 동맹 (dongmaeng) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Latvian: līga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Lithuanian: lyga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Macedonian: лига (liga) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Malay: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Māori: rīki — a group or association of cooperating members
• Norwegian Bokmål: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Norwegian Bokmål: forbund — a group or association of cooperating members
• Norwegian Bokmål: forening — a group or association of cooperating members
• Iranian Persian: اِتِّحاد (ettehâd) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Iranian Persian: اِتِّفاق (ettefâġ) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Polish: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Polish: przymierze — a group or association of cooperating members
• Polish: koalicja — a group or association of cooperating members
• Polish: sojusz — a group or association of cooperating members
• Portuguese: aliança — a group or association of cooperating members
• Portuguese: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Romanian: alianță — a group or association of cooperating members
• Romanian: coaliție — a group or association of cooperating members
• Romanian: ligă — a group or association of cooperating members
• Russian: ли́га (líga) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Russian: сою́з (sojúz) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Russian: объедине́ние (obʺjedinénije) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Serbo-Croatian: ли́га — a group or association of cooperating members
• Serbo-Croatian: líga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Slovak: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Slovak: trieda — a group or association of cooperating members
• Slovak: zväz — a group or association of cooperating members
• Slovene: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Spanish: alianza — a group or association of cooperating members
• Spanish: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Swedish: liga — a group or association of cooperating members
• Swedish: förbund — a group or association of cooperating members
• Tajik: иттиҳод (ittihod) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Tajik: иттифоқ (ittifoq) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Thai: พันธมิตร (pan-tá-mít) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Thai: สมาพันธ์ (sà-maa-pan) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Ukrainian: лі́га (líha) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Ukrainian: спі́лка (spílka) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Ukrainian: об'є́днання (obʺjédnannja) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Ukrainian: сою́з (sojúz) — a group or association of cooperating members
• Vietnamese: hội — a group or association of cooperating members
• Vietnamese: đồng minh — a group or association of cooperating members
• Vietnamese: liên minh — a group or association of cooperating members
• Vietnamese: liên đoàn — a group or association of cooperating members
• Welsh: cynghrair — a group or association of cooperating members
• Welsh: leg — a group or association of cooperating members
• Albanian: ligë — organization of sports teams
• Arabic: دَوْرِيّ (dawriyy) — organization of sports teams
• Arabic: دَوْرِي (dawri) — organization of sports teams
• Armenian: լիգա (liga) — organization of sports teams
• Azerbaijani: liqa — organization of sports teams
• Bashkir: лига (liga) — organization of sports teams
• Belarusian: лі́га (líha) — organization of sports teams
• Bengali: লিগ (lig) — organization of sports teams
• Bulgarian: ли́га (líga) — organization of sports teams
• Catalan: lliga — organization of sports teams
• Chinese Mandarin: 聯盟 /联盟 (liánméng) — organization of sports teams
• Czech: liga — organization of sports teams
• Danish: liga — organization of sports teams
• Dutch: liga — organization of sports teams
• Estonian: liiga — organization of sports teams
• Finnish: liiga — organization of sports teams
• French: ligue — organization of sports teams
• Georgian: ლიგა (liga) — organization of sports teams
• German: Liga — organization of sports teams
• Greek: πρωτάθλημα (protáthlima) — organization of sports teams
• Greek: τίτλος (títlos) — organization of sports teams
• Greek: κύπελλο (kýpello) — organization of sports teams
• Greek: έπαθλο (épathlo) — organization of sports teams
• Hebrew: לִיגָה (líga) — organization of sports teams
• Hindi: लीग (līg) — organization of sports teams
• Hungarian: liga — organization of sports teams
• Indonesian: liga — organization of sports teams
• Italian: lega — organization of sports teams
• Japanese: リーグ (rīgu) — organization of sports teams
• Kazakh: лига (liga) — organization of sports teams
• Korean: 리그 (rigeu) — organization of sports teams
• Kyrgyz: лига (liga) — organization of sports teams
• Latvian: līga — organization of sports teams
• Lithuanian: lyga — organization of sports teams
• Luhya: eligi — organization of sports teams
• Macedonian: лига (liga) — organization of sports teams
• Malay: liga — organization of sports teams
• Māori: rīki — organization of sports teams
• Norwegian Bokmål: liga — organization of sports teams
• Occitan: liga — organization of sports teams
• Iranian Persian: لیگ (lig) — organization of sports teams
• Polish: liga — organization of sports teams
• Portuguese: liga — organization of sports teams
• Romanian: ligă — organization of sports teams
• Russian: ли́га (líga) — organization of sports teams
• Serbo-Croatian: ли́га — organization of sports teams
• Serbo-Croatian: líga — organization of sports teams
• Slovak: liga — organization of sports teams
• Slovene: liga — organization of sports teams
• Spanish: liga — organization of sports teams
• Swahili: ligi — organization of sports teams
• Swedish: liga — organization of sports teams
• Swedish: förbund — organization of sports teams
• Tagalog: liga — organization of sports teams
• Tajik: лига (liga) — organization of sports teams
• Thai: ลีก (lîik) — organization of sports teams
• Turkish: lig — organization of sports teams
• Turkmen: liga — organization of sports teams
• Ukrainian: лі́га (líha) — organization of sports teams
• Urdu: لِیگ (līg) — organization of sports teams
• Uzbek: liga — organization of sports teams
• Vietnamese: hạng — organization of sports teams
• Welsh: cynghrair — organization of sports teams
• Bulgarian: ле́вга (lévga) — distance
• Catalan: llegua — distance
• Chinese Mandarin: 里格 (lǐgé) — distance
• Esperanto: leŭgo — distance
• French: lieue — distance
• Galician: légoa — distance
• Galician: legua — distance
• German: Leuge — distance
• German: Wegstunde — distance
• German: Meile — distance
• Greek: λεύγα (lévga) — distance
• Greek: ναυτικό μίλι (naftikó míli) — distance
• Hebrew: לִיגָה (líga) — distance
• Irish: léig — distance
• Italian: lega — distance
• Māori: rīki — distance
• Persian: فرسخ (farsax) — distance
• Polish: liga lądowa — distance
• Portuguese: légua — distance
• Romanian: leghe — distance
• Russian: лье (lʹje) — distance
• Russian: ли́га (líga) — distance
• Russian: льё (lʹjo) — distance
• Serbo-Croatian: ли́га — distance
• Serbo-Croatian: líga — distance
• Spanish: legua — distance
• Swedish: fjärdingsväg — distance
• Swedish: fem kilometer — distance
• Swedish: en halv mil / halvmil — distance
• Turkish: fersah — distance
• Walloon: eure — distance
• Welsh: milltir Ffrengig — distance
• Welsh: lîg — distance
• Welsh: leg — distance
• Bulgarian: обединявам се (obedinjavam se) — to form an association
• Catalan: alligar — to form an association
• Finnish: muodostaa liitto — to form an association
• Greek: συνασπίζομαι (synaspízomai) — to form an association
• Greek: συνδυάζομαι (syndyázomai) — to form an association
• Hungarian: szövetséget köt — to form an association
• Hungarian: szövetkezik — to form an association
• Polish: sprzymierzać się — to form an association
• Polish: sprzymierzyć się — to form an association
• Portuguese: associar-se — to form an association
• Romanian: alia — to form an association
• Romanian: coaliza — to form an association
• Serbo-Croatian: коали́рати — to form an association
• Serbo-Croatian: koalírati — to form an association
• Spanish: asociarse — to form an association