Leda may refer to:

Mythology

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

Places

Leda, Western Australia Leda is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia within the City of Kwinana. Leda is one of the five main suburbs of Kwinana. Leda is one of the Kwinana suburbs named after a ship. The brig ''Leda'' brought settlers to the new Swan River C ...

, 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 This is a list of villages and settlements in Adamawa State, Nigeria organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world a ...

Leda (river) Leda is a river in north-western Germany in the state of Lower Saxony. The Leda is a right tributary of the Ems and originates at the confluence of the Sagter Ems and the Dreyschloot (a branch of the Soeste) near Barßel. The Leda flows into t ...

, a tributary of the Ems in Germany * Leda Ridge, Antarctica

Astronomy

Leda (moon) Leda , also known as , is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974, after three nights' worth of photographic plates had been taken (September 11 t ...

, a moon of Jupiter *

38 Leda Leda ( minor planet designation: 38 Leda) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer J. Chacornac on January 12, 1856, and named after Leda, the mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology. In the Tholen clas ...

, an asteroid * Leda, the original proposed name for exoplanet Thestias *

Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database (LEDA) was a database of galaxies, created in 1983 at the Lyon Observatory Lyon Observatory is located in Saint-Genis-Laval, a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France, near Lyon. Founded in 187 ...

, an astronomical catalog of galaxies *

Large Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages The Large-Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages (LEDA) is designed to detect the spectrum of the 21 cm Hydrogen line from the Intergalactic Medium (IGM) at redshifts of 15-30, when the Universe was just ~1% of its present age. It is loca ...

, a radio interferometer

Entertainment

* '' Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko'', a 1985 Japanese OVA * ''

Web of Passion ''Web of Passion'' (also released as ''Leda'', original French title: ''À double tour'') is a 1959 French/Italian psychological thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel ''The Key to Nicholas Street'' by American writer S ...

'', a French film released in the US as ''Leda'' * Project Leda, a set of female clones in the TV series ''

Orphan Black ''Orphan Black'' is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, one of several genetically identical ...

Ships

* ''

Leda-class frigate The ''Leda''-class frigates, were a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates constructed from 1805 to 1832. Based on a French design, the class came in five major groups, all with minor differences in their desi ...

'', 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 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 ...

(1912–1997), Italian film actress *

Leda Luss Luyken Leda Luss Luyken, née Valata, (born 1952 in Athens), Greece, is a Greek/American conceptual artist, who lives and works in Germany. Biography Leda Luss-Luyken was educated at the Ecole d'Humanité in Switzerland and studied arts and architectur ...

(born 1952), Greek/American conceptual artist, who lives and works in German *

Leda Mileva Leda Mileva ( Bulgarian: Леда Милева) (5 February 1920 – 5 February 2013) was a Bulgarian communist, writer, translator and diplomat. She was the daughter of Bulgarian poet Geo Milev Geo Milev (born Georgi Milev Kasabov; , in Rad ...

(1920–2013), Bulgarian writer, translator and diplomat *

Leda Nagle Leda Maria Linhares Nagle (born 5 January 1951) is a Brazilian journalist, writer, actress and television presenter. She hosted the program ''Sem Censura'' at TV Brasil for over 20 years. Life and career Nagle was born in Juiz de Fora. She mov ...

(born 1951), Brazilian journalist and TV presenter *

Leda Sanford Leda Sanford, (born October 11, 1933 in Lucca, Italy), is an author, speaker, former publisher, and advertising director. She was the first female publisher of a major national magazine. She became president, publisher and editor-in-chief of the ...

(born 1933), author, speaker, former publisher and former advertising director *

Ferdinando Leda Ferdinando Pereira Leda (born 22 April 1980) is a Brazilian footballer. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a left back. Career Until 2005 Ferdinando played for Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva. Then he was transferr ...

(born 1980), Brazilian football player

Other uses

Leda clay Quick clay, also known as Leda clay and Champlain Sea clay in Canada, is any of several distinctively sensitive glaciomarine clays found in Canada, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland, the United States and other locations around the world. The cla ...

, also called quick clay, a unique form of marine clay * LEDA, ICAO code for

Lleida–Alguaire Airport Lleida–Alguaire Airport (Catalan: ''Aeroport de Lleida-Alguaire'', Spanish: ''Aeropuerto de Lérida-Alguaire'') is an airport located in Alguaire, Catalonia, Spain; about from the centre of Lleida and about from the centre of Barcelona. Hi ...

Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms The Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms (LEDA) is a proprietarily-licensed software library providing C++ implementations of a broad variety of algorithms for graph theory and computational geometry.. It was originally developed by th ...

(LEDA) * Leda, genus of Algae