Leda may refer to:

Mythology

Leda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Leda (; Ancient Greek: Λήδα ), also rendered Lede, was an Aetolian princess who became queen consort of Sparta through her marriage to King Tyndareus. Zeus fell in love with Leda, and to avoid his wife Hera's jealousy, ...

, 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 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 classification system, it is categori ...

, 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 ''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 St ...

'', 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 identica ...

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, pioneered the field of evolutionary psychology. Biography Cosmides was born into a Greek family. Her parents, George Cosmides and N ...

(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 Germany * Leda Mileva (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 (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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