League

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League can mean:

League (unit), an obsolete unit of length of an hour's walk: usually equal to three miles
League (Inner Mongolia), an administrative division in Inner Mongolia
Rugby league, the sport, is abbreviated "league"

League is also a collective entity, for example:

A group of individuals

League of Women Voters
The Red-Headed League, a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill (or the film based upon same).

A sports competition in which each team plays all the other teams (first used by The Football League in 1888)

A group of countries with a common purpose

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