League (unit) (redirect from Lieue)
while, but is long discontinued. A metric lieue was used in France from 1812 to 1840, with 1 metric lieue being exactly 4,000 m, or 4 km (about 2.5 mi)...
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Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də la ljø] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern...
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domestic activities (ex. berceau), farming and rural units of measure (arpent, lieue, borne, boisseau), weapons, and products traded regionally rather than further...
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180 pieds, 58.471 m lieue de poste – Legal league, 2000 toises, 3.898 km lieue metrique – Metric system adaptation, 4.000 km lieue commune – French land...
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from trade to trade. Some of the differences were large: for example the lieue (league) could vary from 3.268 km in Beauce to 5.849 km in Provence. It...
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vapeur was built, specified to be able to carry four tons and cover two lieue (7.8 km, or 4.8 miles) in one hour, a performance it never achieved in practice...
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l'emboucheure du Bog où se trouve vne isle en forme de triangle, viron de demi lieue de long le trauers de Semenwiruk. [...] Au dessus de Semenwirut, il y a...
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There was widespread abuse of the king's standards, to the extent that the lieue could vary from 3.268 km in Beauce to 5.849 km in Provence. During the revolutionary...
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Guy d'Arces, baron de Livarot, Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue et Giricourt (c. 1555–2 May 1581) was a French noble, military commander, and favourite of king...
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Montagne haute, dont le pic ressemble à une Tuque. Ce portage est d'une lieue, avec des fortes côtes à monter ». ("a portage named Ushabatshuan ('the...
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may be a misspelling in an early report which has been perpetuated. The lieue, or French league, varied in meaning around the country. The commonest usages...
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Sardinia, Piemont 02,622 Scotland 02,880 Ireland 03,780 Flanders 03,898 French lieue (post league) France 2,000 "body lengths" 03,927 Ri Japan 12,960 shaku 04...
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toise = 6 pied 1 ruthe = 6 pied 1 perche = 16 pied (or 10 pied) 1 lieue = 16 000 pied. Lieue was used as a road measure. One arpent was 400 pied2 or 1.44 ha...
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Basilica in Montreal. On October 29, 1672, an area of 1.5 lieue (about 4.8 km) by 1 lieue (about 3.2 km) deep at the Sainte-Anne River was granted by...
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toute l'autorité, prit congé du Roy, & se retira dans un Château à une lieue d'Ast, où le Conseil du Roy alloir le trouver tous les jours. The princess...
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Saint-Martin-de-Blagny Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc Saint-Martin-de-Mieux Saint-Martin-des-Entrées Saint-Omer...
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The Seigneurie of Batiscan was located on, and included 1/2 lieue of frontage along, the north shore of the St. Lawrence River (between the mouth of the...
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Saint-Martin-de-Blagny Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc Saint-Martin-de-Mieux Saint-Martin-des-Entrées Saint-Omer...
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Saint-Martin-de-Blagny Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc Saint-Martin-de-Mieux Saint-Martin-des-Entrées Saint-Omer...
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cleanup crew truck driver. The bay at Saint-Michel-en-Grève Sunset over the Lieue-de-Grève Inhabitants of Saint-Michel-en-Grève are called michelois in French...
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Marie-Aimée Charlotte de Bailleul, heiress to the lordship of Saint-Germain-de-la-Lieue, who he married. He commanded a regiment during the American Revolutionary...
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a banality (14th century) bannileuga—zone within a radius of one mile (lieue) around a castle and subject to its holder's authority (11th century) or...
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ounner, (Trég) annouar, (Vann) annoér 'heifer', Ir ainnir 'young woman' - lieue 'league (measure)' Prov. lègo, Cat llegua, Sp legua, Pg légua, It lega LL...
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