Leeds

[ leedz ]

noun

1. a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.

Leeds

¹

/ liːdz /

noun

1. a city in N England, in Leeds unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire: linked with Liverpool and Goole by canals; a former centre of the clothing industry; two universities (1904, 1992). Pop: 443 247 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop: 715 200 (2003 est). Area: 562 sq km (217 sq miles)

Leeds

²

/ liːdz /

noun

1. 1st Duke of. See (1st Earl of) Danby

Example Sentences

There was a march through Leeds by these fascists, so we demonstrated against it.

From Washington Post

They were active participants in Rock Against Racism, a political and cultural movement that directly confronted the burgeoning fascist movement in Leeds and elsewhere.

From Washington Post

Yes, 1970s Leeds felt as if it were on the brink of social collapse.

From Washington Post

Though some players look worthy of continental competition, such as Gary Cahill-career-ender Raphinha and Leeds-born midfielder Kalvin Phillips, clear upgrades are needed elsewhere on the roster.

From FiveThirtyEight

Over the past five Premier League seasons, no newly promoted squad has averaged more combined goals per match than Leeds.

From FiveThirtyEight

Schools Cressida: Stowe, Leeds University where she studied dance.

From The Daily Beast

Leeds ships as much as 1,000 tons of garbage a month to countries including Norway.

From The Daily Beast

Meredith Kercher, a bright and beautiful 21-year-old from Leeds, was enjoying the happy-go-lucky life of an exchange student.

From The Daily Beast

“Sports franchises are very, very small potatoes,” Leeds said.

From The Daily Beast

Leeds looked to Chicago as proof that sports teams are “a consumption good not an investment good.”

From The Daily Beast

There is little to detain one within the city of Leeds itself, but there are many places of interest in its immediate vicinity.

From Project Gutenberg

Leeds had, more than twenty years before, obtained from Charles the Second a patent granting the reversion to Caermarthen.

From Project Gutenberg

To that salary, however, Leeds had clung, year after year; and he now relinquished it with a very bad grace.

From Project Gutenberg

Leeds considered that as foreign secretary he was specially compromised, and resigned the seals.

From Project Gutenberg

She could not bear to sit there and look at Mrs. Leeds's face.

From Project Gutenberg