A league originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour, three statute miles (1.609 km). At sea it is three nautical miles (6076 yards, 5.556 km)for Britain and English speaking colonies.
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- League at Wikipedia
A league originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour, three statute miles (1.609 km). At sea it is three nautical miles (6076 yards, 5.556 km)for Britain and English speaking colonies.