Associations to the word «Leiden»

Wiktionary

LEIDEN, proper noun. A city in South Holland on the Old Rhine, seat of a famous Dutch university.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.