Leeds
[leedz]
- a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
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Contemporary Examples
Schools Cressida: Stowe, Leeds University where she studied dance.
Leeds ships as much as 1,000 tons of garbage a month to countries including Norway.
Meredith Kercher, a bright and beautiful 21-year-old from Leeds, was enjoying the happy-go-lucky life of an exchange student.
“Sports franchises are very, very small potatoes,” Leeds said.
L.A. Hopes to Ignite Economic Growth by Building Tenantless Football StadiumMiranda Green
January 15, 2013
Leeds looked to Chicago as proof that sports teams are “a consumption good not an investment good.”
L.A. Hopes to Ignite Economic Growth by Building Tenantless Football StadiumMiranda Green
January 15, 2013
Historical Examples
The former is engaged in commerce and the latter is the popular member for Leeds.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
She could not bear to sit there and look at Mrs. Leeds's face.
Four DaysHetty Hemenway
I have never had the faintest illusion about Leeds or Birmingham.
A Miscellany of MenG. K. Chesterton
The Duchess of Leeds and her daughter were in the room, but left it soon.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. YellowplushWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
A copy of this edition was item No. 40 in the Leeds Sale, 1930.
The Library of William CongreveJohn C. Hodges
Leeds1
- 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)
- a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop: 715 200 (2003 est). Area: 562 sq km (217 sq miles)
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Leeds2
- 1st Duke of. See (1st Earl of) Danby
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