Leith
/liːθ/
Leith proper noun: a port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.
Proper noun
Leith
- A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.
- Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland.1902, James Miller Guinn, Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California: Containing a History of Southern California from Its Earliest Settlement to the Opening Year of the Twentieth...
- A minor river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the River Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden.
- A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
- A locality in Central Coast council area and the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- A surname.
Origin of Leith
From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).
Words formed from Leith
- Leithead
- Leither
- Leith Hill
- North Leith
- People's Republic of Leith
- South Leith
- Water of Leith
Questions about Leith
- What does Leith mean?
- Leith means a port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.
- What part of speech is Leith?
- Leith is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Leith?
- Leith is pronounced /liːθ/.
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