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leith
/liθ/
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What does leith mean?
proper noun
- A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.
- A minor river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the River Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden.
- A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A locality in Central Coast council area and the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- A surname.
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My father's house was at the top of Leith Walk, and Smith's house was at the bottom of it.
Besides these longer holidays, there were shorter visits to various relatives--to his brother-in-law's house, close to Leith Hill, and to his son near Southampton.
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More than a thousand pair of Shetland stockings are annually imported into Leith, of which the price is from fivepence to seven-pence a pair.
The stone was placed upon the deck of the Hedderwick praam-boat, which had just been brought from Leith, and was decorated with colours for the occasion.
I planned to climb to the pass and then be guided by the configuration of the country in the selection of a route eastward to Stromness Bay, where the whaling-stations were established in the minor bays, Leith, Husvik, and Stromness.