League

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)
* Sports league
* League system

A competition in which each player plays against all the other players
* You Play It - you can play board games against other players, in single games or using leagues.

A group of countries with a common purpose
* League of Nations
* Hanseatic League
* Peloponnesian League
* Catholic League
* Arab League

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