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Leeds
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leeds
English
City of +
+, Kent
<dab!>
Etymology
The large city in West Yorkshire is from en ang Loidis, from en la *Lādenses, most likely based on an early river-name derived from en cel-pro *lāto rut, heat (cf. cy llawd heat, ardour).
The village in Kent is from en enm Hledes, probably from a stream-name.
Pronunciation
en /liːdz/
en En-uk-Leeds.ogg UK
en En-us-Leeds.ogg US
en iːdz 1
Proper noun
en large city/and/metropolitan borough co/West Yorkshire cc/England.
en Jordan Burling death: Teen had 'lowest BMI doctor had seen' w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-44488822 2018-06-14 An emaciated 18-year-old man who died in his Leeds home had the lowest body mass index (BMI) an experienced dietitian had ever seen, a court heard.Jordan Burling died after going into cardiac arrest in the lounge of his house in Farnley, Leeds, in June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20230223034734/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-44488822
en village/and/cpar in bor/Maidstone co/Kent cc/England, the site of Leeds Castle OS grid ref TQ8252. Parish map (Kent)
en number of places c/USA:
en city co/Jefferson County,St. Clair County,Shelby County s/Alabama.
en town co/Androscoggin County s/Maine.
en village city:pref/Northampton co/Hampshire County s/Massachusetts.
en twp co/Murray County s/Minnesota.
en neighborhood city/Kansas City co/Jackson County s/Missouri.
en hamlet/and/CDP town:pref/Catskill co/Greene County s/New York. TopoZone: Leeds, New York
en minor city/and/twp co/Benson County s/North Dakota.
en small town co/Washington County s/Utah.
en small town/and/ucomm therein, in co/Columbia County s/Wisconsin.
Derived terms
en Leeds and the Thousand Islands New Leeds North Leeds United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
Related terms
en Leodensian
en Loiner
Translations
city in England
Arabic: ar لِيدْز m
Armenian: hy Լիդս
Azerbaijani: az Lids
Bashkir: ba Лидс
Belarusian: be Лідс m
Bulgarian: bg Лийдс m
Chechen: ce Лидс
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 利茲 Lìzī
Finnish: fi Leeds
Georgian: ka ლიდზი
German: de Leeds
Greek: el Ληντς n
Hindi: hi लीड्स
Japanese: ja リーズ Rīzu
Korean: ko ^리즈
Kyrgyz: ky Лидс
Latin: la Loidis f, la Ledesia f
Latvian: lv Līdsa f
Lithuanian: lt Lidsas m
Macedonian: mk Лидс m
Marathi: mr लीड्झ n
Middle English: enm Ledes
Mongolian: mn Лидс
Ossetian: os Лидс
Portuguese: pt Leeds f
Russian: ru Лидс m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Лидс m
Latin: sh Leeds m
Tajik: tg Лидс
Tatar: tt Лидс
Turkish: tr Leeds
Ukrainian: uk Лідс m
Urdu: ur لیڈز m līḍz
Uzbek: uz Lids
Yiddish: yi לידז, yi לידס
a village in Kent
German: de Leeds
Latin: la Ledanum Castrum n
Macedonian: mk Лидс m
Marathi: mr लीड्झ n
Russian: ru Лидс m
References
2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, 0198527586
Anagrams
en deels Deels Edsel deels deles ledes
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Leeds.
Pronunciation
liids
Proper noun
fi large city/and/metropolitan borough co/West Yorkshire cc/England Leeds
Declension
sg 0 Leeds ä
French
Pronunciation
lidze
Proper noun
mf
fr large city/and/metropolitan borough co/West Yorkshire cc/England Leeds
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt large city/and/metropolitan borough co/West Yorkshire cc/England Leeds
Spanish
Proper noun
f
es large city/and/metropolitan borough co/West Yorkshire cc/England Leeds
Related terms
es leodensiano<t:Leodensian, a native or resident of Leeds>