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As of Saturday, Sept. 6, average attendance for the league is at 32,614, down from

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  1. noun An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance.
  2. noun Sports An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves. Also called loop1.
  3. noun A class or level of competition: The ski jump was out of his league.
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  • As of Saturday, Sept. 6, average attendance for the league is at 32,614, down from —  MVN
  • Registration for cheerleaders, ages 4 to 12, for the league is also ongoing. —  wacotrib - Latest News Headlines
  • «When he got to us in late June every place he pitched in the league was a sellout.
  • The top spot in the league was at stake as the two giants faced each other in the country's capital city. —  Soccerway.com
  • According to the WPS Web site, the league is the "highest level women's professional soccer league in North America." —  East Brunswick Sentinel
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  1. Alteration (influenced by Italian lega) of Middle English liege, from Old French ligue, from Medieval Latin liga and from Old Italian lega, liga (from legare, to bind), both from Latin ligāre, to bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English lege, from Old French liue, leguee, from Latin leuga, a measure of distance, of Gaulish origin.

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  1. from Middle English lege, from Old French F. ligue = Spanish Portuguese liga = Italian lega, from Middle Latin liga, lega, a league or confederacy, from Latin ligare, bind: see ligament.
  2. from league n.
  3. from Middle English lege, legge, leghe, from Old French legue (French lieue) = Provencal lega, legua = Catalan llegua = Spanish Portuguese legua, legoa = Italian lega, from Middle Latin lega, leuga, leuca, Late Latin leuca = LGr. λεύγη, New Greek λεύγα, a Gallic mile (see below), = Anglo-Saxon leówe, a league. Of Celtic origin; cf. Bret, leó, leu, lev, a league. The Gallic leig, Irish leige, are from English
 

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