Leiden

American  

[lahyd-n] / ˈlaɪd n /

Or Leyden

noun

1. a city in W Netherlands.

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Leiden British  

/ ˈlaɪdən, ˈlɛidə /

noun

1. a city in the W Netherlands, in South Holland province: residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620; university (1575). Pop: 118 000 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

“What we’re talking about is a much older, evolutionary, more animalistic way of understanding the social world,” says Dr. Eliska Prochazkova, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cognitive Psychology Unit of Leiden University in the Netherlands.

From The Wall Street Journal

Study co-author Will Rocha of Leiden University in the Netherlands noted that COMs can form in both the gas phase and in icy layers coating interstellar dust grains.

From Science Daily

“They are on the opposite sides of a cultural divide in the Netherlands,” said Sarah de Lange, a professor of Dutch politics at Leiden University.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was palpable excitement as party supporters gathered for the results at a hall in Leiden, a city between Amsterdam and The Hague.

From BBC

"You can imagine that compromising between four parties with different ideologies will be very challenging," Sarah de Lange, Professor of Dutch Politics at Leiden University, told AFP.

From Barron's