Leda Explained

Leda may refer to:

Mythology

• Leda (mythology), queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology

Places

• Leda, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia
• Leda makeshift settlement, Bangladesh, a refugee camp for Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar
• Leda, Burkina Faso, a town
• Leda, Adamawa State, Nigeria, a village - see List of villages in Adamawa State
• Leda (river), a tributary of the Ems in Germany
• Leda Ridge, Antarctica

Astronomy

• Leda (moon), a moon of Jupiter
• 38 Leda, an asteroid
• Leda, the original proposed name for exoplanet Thestias
• Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database, an astronomical catalog of galaxies
• Large Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages, a radio interferometer

Entertainment

• , a 1985 Japanese OVA
• Web of Passion, a French film released in the US as Leda
• Project Leda, a set of female clones in the TV series Orphan Black

Ships

• Leda-class frigate, a type of frigate in the British Royal Navy
• HMS Leda, six ships of the British Royal Navy
• TS Leda, a North Sea ferry
• Leda (1807 ship), an English merchant ship and West Indiaman

Persons

• Leda Cosmides (born 1957), American psychologist
• Leda Gloria (1912–1997), Italian film actress
• Leda Luss Luyken (born 1952), Greek/American conceptual artist, who lives and works in German
• Leda Mileva (1920–2013), Bulgarian writer, translator and diplomat
• Leda Nagle (born 1951), Brazilian journalist and TV presenter
• Leda Sanford (born 1933), author, speaker, former publisher and former advertising director
• Ferdinando Leda (born 1980), Brazilian football player

Other uses

• Leda clay, also called quick clay, a unique form of marine clay
• LEDA, ICAO code for Lleida–Alguaire Airport
• Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms (LEDA)
• Leda, genus of Algae

See also

• Leda and the Swan (disambiguation)