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Leeds

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Leeds  (ldz)
A city of north-central England northeast of Manchester. Incorporated in 1626, it is a major commercial, transportation, communications, and industrial center. Population: 443,000.
Leeds [liːdz]
n
1. (Placename) 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.: 424 194 (1991)
2. (Placename) a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop.: 715 404 (2001). Area 562 sq. km (217 sq. miles)
Leeds2
n
(Biographies) 1st Duke of. See (1st Earl of) Danby
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Noun1.LeedsLeeds - a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry
West Yorkshire - a metropolitan county in northern England


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He was ploughed in his examinations time after time; but he bore this cheerfully, and submitted with such a charming grace to the parental expostulations that his father, a doctor in practice at Leeds, had not the heart to be seriously angry with him.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Miss Osborne from Russell Square came in her grand chariot with the flaming hammer-cloth emblazoned with the Leeds arms.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
But I've noticed that in these villages where the people lead a quiet life among the green pastures and the still waters, tilling the ground and tending the cattle, there's a strange deadness to the Word, as different as can be from the great towns, like Leeds, where I once went to visit a holy woman who preaches there.
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