Just as the name Jasień is present in many town and river designations in Poland and vicinity so is Łada. Dlugosz spoke of a village named Łada and we’ve identified such a village already but there are more such place and water names. The following comes from various sources supplemented by the “Geographic Dictionary of the Polish Kingdom and Other Suavic Countries” (Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich).
Here is a list of some of those in and around Poland.
Villages
Łada – a village in the Lublin voivodeship. The river Łada runs through it. First mentioned in 1245 during the invasion of Ruthenian dukes of the “Lachic land” when Duke Wasilko raided the Łada and Dzwola areas. In the 14th century it was a royal village (that is it belonged to the crown). In 1377 it somehow came into the possession of Dmitri of Goraj (the royal treasurer) and then his nephews. The Lublin voivode Mikołaj Firlej bought the village in 1508. In 1517 it was sold to Wiktoryn Sienieński who then donated it to the Gorka family. At the end of the 16th century it was bought by Jan Zamojski. The village suffered during the Napoleonic wars. It was partly repopulated by Uniates. In WWII most of Łada burnt down during a German air raid.
Łady – a village in the Mazovian voivodeship.
Ładawy – a village in the Łódź Voivodeship.
Ładowska-Wola – a village in the Mazovian voivodeship.
Ładzice – a village in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship.
Ladzin (Ładzin) – a village in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship.
Ładzyń – a village in the Mazovian Voivodeship.
Ladorudz – a village in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Ładomierz – a former village near Wielun.
Lada – a village in Slovakia
Ladomirowa – a village in Slovakia.
Ladce – a village in Slovakia.
Ladygos (Ładogole) – a village near Vinius.
Ładyżyn – a village in Lithuania near Lazdijai.
Ładowszczyzna – formerly a private village near the town of Lida, Belarus.
Ladeniki (Ładzienniki) – a village in Belarus.
Ładonicha – a place in Дзісна region in Belarus.
Ladorozh (Ładoroże) – a village in Belarus on the Ukrainian border.
Malye Lyady (Lady) – ancient town and goods near Smilavichy in Belarus (part of former Červień or Chervyen (Чэрвень) fka Igumen (Ігумен) district.
Ladasna (Ladosno, Ładosno) – village in Belarus.
Ladyzhin – a town in Belarus.
Ładyżycze – a town in Belarus on the Braginka (Brahinka) river; today in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Lyady (Łady) – a village on the Belarussian – Russian border, east of Orsha (incidentally just West of the Russian Yasenets).
Lyadovichi (Ladowicze) – a village near Kobryn in Belarus.
Ladantsi (Ладанці, Ładańce) – Ukrainian village near Lviv.
Ladychyn (Лади́чин, Ładyczyn) – a village in Ukraine near Ternopil.
Ladyzhyn (Ладижин, Ładyżyn) – a town in Ukraine.
Ladyzhynka – a town in Ukraine.
Liadova/Lyadova – Ukrainian village on the border with Moldova on the river Liadova (presumably meaning “icy”).
Ladendorf – A village in Austria.
For a Liedena in Spain – rather curious next to Yesa – see here.
Rivers
Biala Łada (White Łada) – starts northwards around the town of Chrzanów, heads south past the village Łada towards, then through Bilgoraj and merges with the Czarna Łada at Sol or so to form Łada.
Czarna Łada (Black Łada)- starts at Dabrowa/Gorecko Koscielne, then heads west towards Bilgoraj where it merges with the Biala Łada to form Łada.
Łada – the combined Łada has a short run west into the River Tanew.
Ladosnianka (Ładośnianka) – river near Lepel/Niemirava/Ladosno in Belarus.
Ladantsi (Ладанці, Ładańce) – Ukrainian stream near the village of Ladantsi. Flows into the Marushka river.
Liadova/Lyadova – river in Ukraine. Flows through village Liadova/Lyadova.
What about Germany? Well, there is the river:
Leda – the river Leda is in NW Germany and, of course, has an “e” not an “a” but its old name was shown with an “a” as in: fluuium Lade, flumen Lathe, Lathamuthon. The below etymology of Greule’s is rather improbable.
Other
Ladowa Niwa – a hill near Łukawiec (Лукавець, Lukavets’), Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Łukawiec itself was founded already in the 16th century.
Here is a map of the above.
Of course these are only some such names and there are many others such as several place names Łady near the Belarussian Dzisna (Дзісна), Ładycza, Ladzyny, Ladźwienie, Ladce, Ladniki, Ladna, Ladki, Ladendorf, Ladenberg, Ladeskul, Ladce & others. You could also look elsewhere such as at Ladenburg (remember Imple o Lada from the Rhine province).
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