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Leyden

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Ley·den  (ldn)
See Leiden.
Leyden [ˈlaɪdən (Dutch) ˈlɛidə]
n
(Placename) a variant spelling of Leiden
Leyden2
n
(Biographies) See Lucas van Leyden
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Noun1.LeydenLeyden - a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
Leiden
Holland, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland, Netherlands, The Netherlands - a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
Translations
Leyden [ˈlaɪdn]
A. N → Leiden
B. CPD Leyden jar N → botella f de Leiden


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The money with which he bought the bulbs was borrowed, and now he left Leyden to make the tour of Europe burdened already with debt, with one guinea in his pocket, and one clean shirt and a flute as his luggage.
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Soon after my return from Leyden, I was recommended by my good master, Mr.
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Robinson more than once appeared, with credit to himself, as a public disputant against Episcopius; and from the manner in which the fact is related by Governor Bradford, it is apparent that the whole English Church at Leyden took a zealous interest in the religious part of the controversy.
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