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English
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Leh
- A city, the co-capital of Ladakh, India.
Translations
town and capital of Ladakh, India
Etymology 2
Two main origins:
Proper noun
Leh (plural Lehs)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Leh is the 37125th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 601 individuals. Leh is most common among White (82.36%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (12.31%) individuals.
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Anagrams
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Leh
- plural of Loh
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish له (leh), from Russian лях (ljax). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ.
Proper noun
Leh
- Pole
Usage notes
- Possessive forms are hypothetical and/or fictional, but the literature. and the 3rd singular and plural, as in " Kuzey kutbu ve yanlız Leh'i." — "North Pole, and its lonely Pole."
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