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Leeds

proper noun

  1. English city
  2. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /liːdz/

name

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.

  1. A large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.

    An emaciated 18-year-old man who died in his Leeds home had the lowest body mass index (BMI) an experienced dietitian had ever seen, a court heard. Jordan Burling died after going into cardiac arrest in the lounge of his house in Farnley, Leeds, in June 2016.

  2. A village and civil parish of Maidstone borough, Kent, England, the site of Leeds Castle.
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noun

  1. plural of leed
Leeds — meaning, definition (proper noun) · Vinony