League 180900 222252351 2008-06-28T10:05:44Z Marimarina 7195008 /* See also */ {{tocright}} {{wiktionary}} The term '''League''' may refer to: ==Measurement== * [[League (unit)]], an obsolete unit of length of an hour's walk: usually equal to three miles. * Roman league, one of the [[Ancient Roman units of measurement]], approximately 1.5 miles ==Countries== * [[League of Nations]] * [[Leagues of Inner Mongolia]] * [[Hanseatic League]] * [[Holy League (1538)]] * [[Peloponnesian League]] * [[Catholic League]], multiple meanings * [[Arab League]] * [[Lombard League]] * [[Delian League]] ==Groups of people== * [[League of Women Voters]] * [[League of the Public Weal]], an alliance of feudal nobles organized in 1465 in defiance of the centralized authority of King Louis XI of France * [[League of Spiritual Discovery]], a Baltimore-based arts and politics group * [[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina]], a regional autonomist political party in Serbia * [[Catholic League (French)]], created by Henry I, Duke of Guise in 1576 and was bent upon extirpating Protestantism in France * [[League Against Cruel Sports]], a UK animal welfare campaign ==French ''Ligues'' (translated "Leagues")== These are factions of street politics, not political parties running for office. * [[Far right leagues]] in France, which include the * [[Ligue des Patriotes]], which is French for "League of Patriots" * [[Antisemitic League of France]] ==Sports== * [[National League]], American baseball league founded in 1876 * [[Sports league]] * [[League system]] * [[Rugby league]] * [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] (AAGPBL) ==Fiction, music, and entertainment== * [[League of Nobles]] in the ''Dune'' prequel series written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson * [[Justice League of America]], a popular American superhero team and comic book published by DC Comics * ''[[The Red-Headed League]]'', 1892 story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle * ''[[A League of Their Own]]'', 1992 film which tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League * ''[[The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel]], 1919 novel, sequel to the 1903 play/novel ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' * [[The League of Gentlemen (film)|''The League of Gentlemen'' (film)]], a 1959 movie directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins * ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'', a classic science fiction novel by French writer [[Jules Verne]], published in 1870. * ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', 1999 graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill * [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) |''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (film)]] 2003 film adaptation of the novel * ''[[La Lega]]'', an Italian song * [[Solarian League]], a fictional star nation in David Weber's Honorverse * Terran League, a fictional confederation of planets populated by those descended mainly from old Earth Asians, in David Weber's 1992 book ''[[Path of the Fury]]''. ==Other uses== * [[League Collegiate Wear]], a college apparel company ==See also== *[[Alliance]] *[[Confederation]] {{disambig}} [[de:Liga]] [[fr:Ligue]] [[ko:리그]] [[nl:Liga]] [[ja:リーグ]] [[pl:Liga]] [[ru:Лига]] [[simple:League]] [[sv:Liga]]