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League is a measure of length in the inch-pound system of units customarily used in the United States. A statute league equals 3 survey miles. It also equals 15,840 survey feet, or 4.828 kilometers. A nautical league equals 3 international nautical miles. It also equals 18,228.346 international feet, or 5.556 kilometers.

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