LEYDEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leyden mean? 

• LEYDEN (noun)
  The noun LEYDEN has 1 sense:

1. a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620

  Familiarity information: LEYDEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEYDEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Leiden; Leyden

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Leyden" is a part of...):

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)

 Context examples 

I had lived long in Holland, pursuing my studies at Leyden, and I spoke Dutch well.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

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 physic two years and seven months, knowing it would be useful in long voyages.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Soon after my return from Leyden, I was recommended by my good master, Mr. Bates, to be surgeon to the Swallow, Captain Abraham Pannel, commander; with whom I continued three years and a half, making a voyage or two into the Levant, and some other parts.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)