Leith

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/liːθ/

proper noun

A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.

OriginProto-Brythonic *lleɨθ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.

    Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland.

    1902, James Miller Guinn, Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California: Containing a History of Southern California from Its Earliest Settlement to the Opening Year of the Twentieth Century; Also Containing Biographies of Well-known Citizens of the Past and Present, Chapman Publishing Company, page 471
  2. A minor river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the River Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden.
  3. A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
  4. A locality in Central Coast council area and the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  5. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-Brythonic*lleɨθ“moist”
  2. EnglishLeith

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

leaf (th-fronting)leet (th-stopping)

Anagrams

ThiellitheTheil
Cite this entry
APA

Leith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leith

MLA

“Leith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leith. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Leith,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leith.

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