English
Etymology
From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːθ/
- Homophones: leaf (th-fronting); leet (th-stopping)
Proper noun
Leith
- A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, 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[1], Chapman Publishing Company, page 471:
- 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.
- A minor river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the River Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden.
- A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
- A locality in Central Coast council area and the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- A surname.