Leith

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • port/and/urban area within Edinburgh (council area) Scotland (constituent country).
  • minor river Cumbria (county) England (constituent country) which flows into the River river, Lyvennet a tributary of the river, Eden.
  • city/and/hamlet North Dakota (state).

Origin

  • From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (compare Welsh llaith).

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