"Leh" meaning in English

See Leh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /leɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪ Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Leh
  1. A town and capital of Ladakh, India. Categories (place): Cities in India, Places in India, State capitals, Towns in India, Places in Ladakh Translations (town and capital of Ladakh, India): 列城 (Lièchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), लेह (leh) [neuter] (Marathi), གླེ (gle) (Tibetan), སླེ (sle) (Tibetan), لیہہ (leh) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Leh-en-name-5AAanPwR Disambiguation of Places in Ladakh: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Lehs [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Leh, perhaps an altered spelling of Löh. * Borrowed from Khmer. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Leh}} German Leh, {{m|de|Löh}} Löh, {{bor|en|km|-}} Khmer Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Leh (plural Lehs)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Leh-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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