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ID: 300379104
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300379104

 

Record Type: concept
leagues (measurements) (<size/dimension units for distance>, <size/dimensions by unit>, ... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Any of several European units of measurement of distance, usually estimated roughly at about 3 miles but extending from 2.4 to 4.6; often occurring in poetical or rhetorical statements of distance. In English-speaking countries the land league is generally accepted as 3 statute miles.
 
Terms:
leagues (measurements) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
league (measurement) (C,U,English,AD,U,U)
league (measurement) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  D.DC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Physical Attributes Facet
Physical Attributes Facet
Hierarchy of Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)
.... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <attributes and properties by specific type>
........ <attributes and properties by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of form attributes
............ form attributes (G)
Hierarchy of size/dimensions
................ size/dimensions (G)
Hierarchy of <size/dimensions by unit>
.................... <size/dimensions by unit> (G)
Hierarchy of <size/dimension units for distance>
........................ <size/dimension units for distance> (G)
Hierarchy of leagues (measurements)
............................ leagues (measurements) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... De naam van verschillende Europese lengtematen, doorgaans rond de 3 mijl, maar variĆ«rend van 2,4 tot 4,6 mijl. De Engelse term wordt vaak gebruikt in poĆ«tische of retorische uitdrukkingen van lengte. In Engelssprekende landen wordt de league op het land algemeen gedefinieerd als 3 mijl. 

Sources and Contributors:
league (measurement)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
...................................  UvA Talen
leagues (measurements)............  [VP Preferred]
.........................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 8 June 2012
.........................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 8 June 2012
.........................................  Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993) accessed 8 June 2012
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 8 June 2012
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 8 June 2012
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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