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Leven

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Leven, Scotland/UK A town, loch, and river after which the town and loch are named. Its name, from the Gaelic leamhain, means ‘Elm River’. These are in Fife and Kinross. There are other Levens: for example, the River Leven that drains Loch Lomond.

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Leven

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Leven , town (1991 pop. 8,591), Fife, E Scotland, at the mouth of the Leven River on the Firth of Forth. It is a summer resort, famous for its golf links and beaches.

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Leven

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Leven E. R. Yorks. Leuene 1086 (DB). Probably originally the name of the stream here, a lost Celtic river-name possibly meaning ‘smooth one’.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Leven Fife. Levin c.1535. ‘(Place on) the River Leven’. The river name means ‘elm river’ (Gaelic leamhain).

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Leven (river), Stock. on T., see Kirklevington.

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