a burgh of barony and sea-coast town of Scotland, Scoonie parish, Fifeshire, on the Firth of Forth, and at the mouth of the Leven Water, 18 miles N.N.E. of Edinburgh. Flax spinning and the manufacture of linen and sailcloth form the chief occupations of its inhabitants. There are also iron-foundries, bleaching-works, brick and tile works, an ochre manufactory, and a rope-walk, with collieries and stone quarries in the vicinity. The harbour is supplied with a quay, and admits vessels of 300 tons at high spring tide. By railway the town has communication with Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee. Pop. (1851) 2083.

Leven, Loch, an arm of the sea on the W. coast of Scotland, branching off from Loch Linnhe eastwards, and separating the counties of Argyll and Inverness. It is 12 miles in length, and from half a mile to 1 mile in breadth.

Leven, Loch, a lake of Scotland, Kinross-shire. See Kinross-shire.