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There is no standard definition of what a league is, the great advantage of the metric system is that it is the same everywhere, but the length of a league depended on where you were.

In English speaking countries a league was, on average, 4.8 km except at sea when it was 5.6 km.

In ancient Rome it was 2.2 km.

In Portugal, and it's colonies, there were three leagues; 6.172 km, 5/556 km, and 4.444 km. The former Portuguese country Brazil has a league that is 6.6 km.

France had several leagues measuring between 3.25 km and 4.68 km. Jules Verne's 20 000 leagues under the sea were about 4 km each.

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