English Explanatory Dictionary

Leeds

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
  2. A village and civil parish of Maidstone borough, Kent, England, the site of Leeds Castle.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A city in Jefferson County, St. Clair County and Shelby County, Alabama.
  5. A town in Androscoggin County, Maine.
  6. A village in the city of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  7. A township in Murray County, Minnesota.
  8. A neighborhood of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
  9. A hamlet and census-designated place in Greene County, New York.
  10. A minor city and township in Benson County, North Dakota.
  11. A small town in Washington County, Utah.
  12. A small town and unincorporated community therein, in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
noun
  1. plural of leed

Pronunciation

/liːdz/ En-uk-Leeds.ogg En-us-Leeds.ogg

Word forms

Leeds

Etymology

* The large city in West Yorkshire is from Old English Loidis, from Latin *Lādenses, most likely based on an early river-name derived from Proto-Celtic *lāto (“rut, heat”) (cf. Welsh llawd (“heat, ardour”)). * The village in Kent is from Middle English Hledes, probably from a stream-name.

Related words

Leodensian Loiner

Derived words

Leeds and the Thousand Islands New Leeds United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

Translations

Arabic: لِيدْز Armenian: Լիդս Bulgarian: Лийдс Chinese Mandarin: 利茲 /利兹 Finnish: Leeds Georgian: ლიდზი German: Leeds Greek: Ληντς Hindi: लीड्स Japanese: リーズ Korean: 리즈 Latin: Loidis Latin: Ledesia Latvian: Līdsa Lithuanian: Lidsas Marathi: लीड्झ Middle English: Ledes Portuguese: Leeds Russian: Лидс Turkish: Leeds Ukrainian: Лідс Urdu: لیڈز
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