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leeds

/lidz/

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What does leeds mean?

noun

  1. plural of leed

proper noun

  1. A large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
  2. A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England, the site of Leeds Castle (OS grid ref TQ8252).
More meanings (9)

proper noun

  1. A city in Jefferson County, St. Clair County and Shelby County, Alabama.
  2. A town in Androscoggin County, Maine.
  3. A village in the city of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  4. A township in Murray County, Minnesota.
  5. A neighborhood of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
  6. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Catskill, Greene County, New York.
  7. A minor city and township in Benson County, North Dakota.
  8. A small town in Washington County, Utah.
  9. A small town and unincorporated community therein, in Columbia County, Wisconsin.

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IPA pronunciation

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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“There’s an old widow in her room, somewhere, let us suppose in the suburbs of Leeds.”
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
On our way we saw Kiveton, an ugly neglected seat of the Duke of Leeds, with noble apartments and several good portraits!
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
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There are numerous indications of iron-smelting having been conducted on a considerable scale at some remote period in the neighbourhood of Leeds, in Yorkshire.
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
At the conclusion of Mrs. Dyson's evidence the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the Leeds Assizes, which commenced the week following.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
One daughter, the sole survivor of the 10, married a market gardener named Platt, who was well known in Leeds.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747