League
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A league is:
- an ancient unit of length of an hour's walk, see league (unit),
- an administrative division in Inner Mongolia. See League (Inner Mongolia).
League is also a term used to denote a collective entity. A league can be:
- a group of individuals, such as the League of Women Voters or The Red-Headed League (story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
- a group of clubs, such as a sports league; see List of professional sports leagues for examples of this use
- a group of countries with a common purpose. Examples include:
League is also used as a shortened name for the sport of rugby league