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Leven

//ˈlɛvən// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3800).
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1045).
  4. 4
    A short river in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which flows from Loch Lomond to the Firth of Clyde.
  5. 5
    A river in Perth and Kinross council area and Fife council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Leven to the Firth of Forth at the town of Leven.
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  1. 6
    A short river in Cumbria, England, which flows from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea.
  2. 7
    A river in North Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Tees.
  3. 8
    A Scottish earldom.
Noun
  1. 1
    eleven
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of levin (“lightning”). alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of leaven. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

See levin.

Etymology 2

See leaven

Etymology 3

Various origins: * A variant of the surname Levin. * From the Old English personal name Lēofwine, composed of the elements lēof (“dear, beloved”) + wine (“friend”). * Borrowed from German Leven, a surname which shares the same origin of the Old English personal name. * Habitational surname from any of various places in Scotland and England.

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