Leyden (disambiguation)
Leyden may refer to:
Places
- Netherlands
- Leiden, a city and municipality in South Holland, the Netherlands
- United States
- Leyden, Colorado
- Leyden, Massachusetts
- Leyden, New York
- Leyden, Wisconsin
- Port Leyden, New York, a village partly within the Town of Leyden, New York
- Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois
People
- Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533), a Dutch engraver and painter
- Ernst Viktor von Leyden (1832–1910), a German physician
- Bill Leyden (1917–1970), an American television personality
- John Leyden (1775–1811), a British orientalist
- Norman Leyden (1917–2014), an American conductor, composer and musician
Food
- Leyden cheese, a spiced cheese made in the Netherlands
Medicine
- Factor V Leiden, a variant of human factor V that causes a hypercoagulability disorder
Science and technology
- Leyden jar, a device for storing electric charge invented in 1745.
- Leiden scale, a scale of temperature.
Epigraphy and papyrology
- Leiden Conventions, an established set of rules, symbols, and brackets used to indicate the condition of an epigraphic or papyrological text in a modern edition
Ships
- USS Leyden, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
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