The term League may refer to:
Measurement
- League (unit), an obsolete unit of length of an hour's walk: usually equal to three miles. 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
- Roman league, one of the Ancient Roman units of measurement, approximately 1. The ancient Roman units of measurement were built on the Hellenic system with Egyptian, Hebrew, and Mesopotamian influences 5 miles
Countries
Groups of people
French Ligues (translated "Leagues")
These are factions of street politics, not political parties running for office. The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 A league ( ayimaɣ or historically čiɣulɣan; Chinese: 盟 Pinyin: méng is an administrative unit in Inner Mongolia, The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade The Holy League of 1538 was a short-lived alliance of Christian states arranged by Pope Paul III at the urging of the Republic of Venice. The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of states in the Peloponnese in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. The Arab League ( الجامعة العربية) officially called the League of Arab States ( جامعة الدول العربية The Lombard League was an alliance formed around 1167, which at its apex included most of the cities of Northern Italy (although its membership changed in The Delian League was an association of approximately 150 5th-century BC Greek City-states under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue The League of Female Voters is an American political Organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National The League of the Public Weal was an alliance of feudal nobles organized in 1465 in defiance of the centralized authority of King Louis XI of France. The League of Spiritual Discovery was an alternative media empire based in Baltimore Maryland. The League of Vojvodina Social Democrats ( Serbian: Лига социјалдемократа Војводине Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine) is a Centre-left The Catholic League of France, sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern Roman Catholics as the Holy League, was formed by Duke Henry of Guise in The League Against Cruel Sports (formerly abbreviated to LACS) is an Animal welfare organisation that campaigns against all Blood sports
Sports
Fiction, music, and entertainment
- League of Nobles in the Dune prequel series written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Far right leagues ( Ligues d'extrême droite) gathered several French far right movements opposed to Parliamentarism, which mainly dedicated themselves The Ligue des Patriotes was a French Far right league, founded by the Nationalist poet Paul Déroulède in 1882 The Antisemitic League of France (Ligue antisémitique de France was founded in 1889 by the journalist Edouard Drumont. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball A sports league is an organization that exists to provide a regulated competition for a number of people to compete in a specific Sport. A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport that usually teams can be promoted or relegated between depending on finishing positions or playoffs History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional Baseball league founded by Philip K Legends of Dune is a Prequel Trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson
- Justice League of America, a popular American superhero team and comic book published by DC Comics
- The Red-Headed League, 1892 story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- A League of Their Own, 1992 film which tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1919 novel, sequel to the 1903 play/novel The Scarlet Pimpernel
- The League of Gentlemen (film), a 1959 movie directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. "The Red-Headed League" is the most famous of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. A League of Their Own is a 1992 Comedy-drama Film that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919 The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale The Scarlet The League Of Gentlemen is a 1960 British Crime film, directed by Basil Dearden. For the 1954 film starring Kirk Douglas see 20000 Leagues Under the Sea. Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 1999 graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) 2003 film adaptation of the novel
- La Lega, an Italian song
- Solarian League, a fictional star nation in David Weber's Honorverse
- Terran League, a fictional confederation of planets populated by those descended mainly from old Earth Asians, in David Weber's 1992 book Path of the Fury. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a Comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 film loosely based on the Comic book Limited series of the same name. La Lega is a popular Italian song from Padua, sung by the rice-growers of the Po Valley The Solarian League is a fictional star nation in David Weber 's Honorverse. Path of the Fury is a stand-alone Science fiction novel by David Weber, in three books of 34 chapters
Other uses
See also
League Collegiate Wear Inc is a college apparel company which sells university-licensed sportswear in the college bookstore market to over 2000 colleges and universities A confederation is a group of empowered states or communities usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution
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