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Leith
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leith leið léith
English
<dab!>
Etymology
From river-names derived from en cel-bry-pro *lleɨθ moist (compare cy llaith).
Pronunciation
en /liːθ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-Leith.wav UK
en leaf<aa:th-fronting> ; leet<aa:th-stopping>
Proper noun
en Q1018540 en port/and/suburban town within the carea/City of Edinburgh cc/Scotland.
en 1902 Guinn James Miller Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California: Containing a History of Southern California from Its Earliest Settlement to the Opening Year of the Twentieth Century; Also Containing Biographies of Well-known Citizens of the Past and Present Chapman Publishing Company 471 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_and_Biographical_Record_of_So/3BU1AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22hollister%20went%20back%22&pg=PA471&printsec=frontcover Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland.
en minor river co/Cumbria cc/England which flows into the River river/Lyvennet a tributary of the river/Eden.
en city/and/hamlet s/North Dakota.
en locality carea/Central Coast and the city:Pref/Devonport northern s/Tasmania c/Australia.
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Derived terms
en Leith Hill Leithead Leither North Leith People's Republic of Leith South Leith Water of Leith
Anagrams
en ehilt Theil Thiel lieth lithe