Leda may refer to:

Mythology

Leda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Leda (; Ancient Greek: Λήδα ) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen. According to Ovid, she was famed for her beautiful black hair and snowy skin. Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and l ...

, 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 Leda is a town in the Tenkodogo Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered b ...

, 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 Leda Ridge () is a ridge running in a northeast–southwest direction lying on the west side of the Ganymede Heights, east of Jupiter Glacier, on the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The ridge was photographed from the air by the Ronne An ...

, 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

* '' Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko'', 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 Leda Cosmides (born May 1957) is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, helped develop the field of evolutionary psychology. Biography Cosmides originally studied biology at Radcliffe College/Harvard Univ ...

(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

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