League

Japanese: league
League

…Because it is the legal unit in the UK, it is called a statute mile and is mainly used to express distances on land. In the past, the league (statute league), which is equal to 3 mi, was used as a doubling unit. In addition, the nautical mile (= 1.852 km), a unit of distance used in navigation and aviation, is also simply called a mile in those fields. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "league" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリスの法定単位であるため法定マイルstatute mileといい,主として陸上の距離などを表すのに用いる。倍量単位としてかつては3miに等しいリーグleague(法定リーグ)を用いた。なお,航海・航空用の距離の単位である海里nautical mile(=1.852km)もその分野では単にマイルといわれる。…

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