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Leiden (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 09 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.1500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at confluence of Oude Rijn & Nieuwe Rijn Rivers. Was a holding of the Utrecht diocese in the10th century and the city grew around the12th century castle. Ruled by the count of Holland until 1420. The Elzevir family established a printing press here and it became a printing center in the 16th century. Site of the oldest university in Holland founded in 1575. The Pilgrims lived her for 11 years before sailing to America in 1620. |
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| Leiden (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Leiden (Dutch,U)
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| Leyden (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Leyden (Dutch,U)
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| Leida (C,O)
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| Leyde (C,O)
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| ליידן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Leythen (H,V)
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............ | 10th century |
| Lugdunum Batavorum (H,V)
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............ | invented by Janus Dousa in poems published in 1575 |
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Leiden (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first mentioned in documents in 922, charter confirmed & extended in 1266 |
| city (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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famous for metalworking |
| publishing center (C) |
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| textile center (C) |
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