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leith

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What does leith mean?

proper noun

  1. A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.
  2. A minor river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the River Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden.
  3. A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. A locality in Central Coast council area and the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  2. 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.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
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.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
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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.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
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.
Robert Louis StevensonRecords of a Family of EngineersProject Gutenberg ebook #280
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.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199