Meanings
proper noun
alternative Leyden
- A city in South Holland, Netherlands, on the Old Rhine, seat of a famous Dutch university.
Origin
- DutchLeiden
- EnglishLeiden
Borrowed from Dutch Leiden (for further etymology see there).
More words from Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Leiden
- Leidencity in South Holland
Arabic لَايْدَن, لَيْدَن
- لَايْدَن (lāydan)city in South Holland
- لَيْدَن (laydan)city in South Holland
Bengali লাইডেন
- লাইডেন (laiḍen)city in South Holland
Bulgarian Лайден
- Лайден (Lajden)city in South Holland
Catalan Leiden, Leida
- Leidencity in South Holland
- Leidacity in South Holland
Chinese Mandarin 萊頓 /莱顿, 來登 /来登
- 萊頓 /莱顿 (Láidùn)city in South Holland
- 來登 /来登 (Láidēng)city in South Holland
Dutch Leiden
- Leidencity in South Holland
Esperanto Lejdeno
- Lejdenocity in South Holland
Finnish Leiden
- Leidencity in South Holland
French Leyde
- Leydecity in South Holland
German Leiden
- Leidencity in South Holland
Greek Λέιντεν
- Λέιντεν (Léinten)city in South Holland
Hebrew לֶיּדֶן, ליידן
- לֶיּדֶןcity in South Holland
- ליידן (Léyden)city in South Holland
Hindi लेइडन
- लेइडन (leiḍan)city in South Holland
Hungarian Leiden
- Leidencity in South Holland
Italian Leida
- Leidacity in South Holland
Japanese ライデン, レイデン
- ライデン (Raiden)city in South Holland
- レイデン (Reiden)city in South Holland
Korean 레이던, 라이덴
- 레이던 (Reideon)city in South Holland
- 라이덴 (Raiden)city in South Holland
Latin Matilo, Leida
- Matilocity in South Holland
- Leidacity in South Holland
- Lugdunum Batavorumcity in South Holland
Latvian Leidene
- Leidenecity in South Holland
Lithuanian Leidenas
- Leidenascity in South Holland
Persian لَیدن
- لَیدن (laydan)city in South Holland
Polish Lejda
- Lejdacity in South Holland
Portuguese Leiden, Leida
- Leidencity in South Holland
- Leidacity in South Holland
Russian Ле́йден
- Ле́йден (Léjden)city in South Holland
Spanish Leiden, Leyden
- Leidencity in South Holland
- Leydencity in South Holland
Tamil லைடன்
- லைடன் (laiṭaṉ)city in South Holland
Thai ไลเดิน
- ไลเดิน (lai-dəən)city in South Holland
Ukrainian Ле́йден
- Ле́йден (Léjden)city in South Holland
Urdu لائڈن
- لائڈن (Lāyḍan)city in South Holland
Yiddish ליידן
- ליידן (leydn)city in South Holland
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Leiden
ladenmaidenHaydenwidenDrydenAidanBradenBidenAdenJaydenjadenSidonmenhadenKadenCadenoverladenRenews-Cappahayden
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Cite this entry
APA
Leiden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leiden
MLA
“Leiden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leiden. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Leiden,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leiden.
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