An industrial city in West Yorkshire, northern England; population 441,100 (est. 2009). It developed as a wool town in the Middle Ages, becoming a centre of the clothing trade in the Industrial Revolution.
Definition of Leeds in US English:
Leeds
proper nounlēdzlidz
An industrial city in northern England; population 441,100 (est. 2009). It developed as a wool town in the Middle Ages and became a clothing center during the Industrial Revolution.