Leyte (disambiguation)
Leyte is an island in the Visayas group in the Philippines.
Leyte may also refer to:
Places in the Philippines
- Leyte (province), 5,901.5 km2 (2,278.6 sq mi) a province of the Philippines that occupies the northern three-quarters of the island of Leyte
- Leyte, Leyte, a municipality in Leyte province
- Southern Leyte, a province in the Philippines that occupies the southern part of the island of Leyte
- Leyte Gulf, the body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte
In the military
- Battle of Leyte, the 1944 reconquest of the island by American troops and Filipino guerrillas
- USS Leyte, several US Navy ships
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