legua.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
legua.
Principal English Translation: 

a league
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

totocoz ynn ipa in altepetl matlactl leguas noviampan [Mexico City (by Coyoacan writer?), 1557]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 35.

cenpouali leguas inic tiyaque inic tiquintlapaloto yn yehuatl capitan general don her.do cortes = we went twenty leagues to greet captain general don Hernando Cortés (Huejotzingo, 1560)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 29, 180–181.

huecaticate ome legua yhuan tlaco (San Martín Hidalgo, Jalisco, 1653)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 28.

themes: 
Measurements, Quantities