Leyden

English

Proper noun

Leyden

1. Archaic spelling of Leiden.
   • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 2:

     When I left Mr. Bates, I went down to my Father; where, by the Aſſiſtance of him and my Uncle John, and ſome other Relations, I got forty Pounds, and a Promiſe of thirty Pounds a year to maintain me at Leyden: there I ſtudied Phyſick two years and ſeven months, knowing it would be uſeful in long Voyages.

2. An unincorporated community near Arvada, Colorado, United States.
3. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
4. A town in Lewis County, New York, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
6. A surname.

Derived terms

• Leyden jar

Anagrams

• leyned, needly