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L'ajo nell'imbarazzo
L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (The tutor in a jam) is a melodramma giocoso, or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, after the Giovanni Giraud play (1807). It premiered at the Teatro Valle, Rome on February 4, 1824. Soon after, Donizetti revised it a..
L.A. Jail
L.A. Jail is a 1976 album release by the late comedian Richard Pryor. According to the notes on the album it was recorded live at P.J.’s in Los Angeles. The actual details of when and where it was recorded, as well as the question of whether or not Pryor approved of the release of this album ..
Lajan
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Lajas, Puerto Rico
Lajas is a small town located in Puerto Rico's southwest. The town was founded in 1883 by Teodoro Jacome Pagan. Lajas is famous for its main touristic attraction, Phosphorescent Bay, a place where luminescent dinoflagellates of different colors appear when the water moves. The origin of the colored..
Laja Falls
The Laja Falls (Spanish: Salto del Laja) is a waterfall located in the Laja River in southcentral Chile. It lies next to the Panamerican highway, between the cities of Los Ángeles and Chillán. External link http://www.saltodellajachile.cl/ (In Spanish) ..
Laja River
There are two notable rivers called Laja River (Río De La Laja in Spanish): Laja River in Guanajuato, central MexicoLaja River in ChileThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to chang..
Laja River (Chile)
Laja River (Spanish: Río De La Laja) is a river in Chile, along which can be found the Laja Falls. It is located in the Bío-Bío Region. Reference ..
Laja River (Mexico)
Laja River (Spanish: Río De La Laja) is a river in Guanajuato in central Mexico. It is 137 km long. The river rises in the Sierra Madre Occidental, and flows east and then south to join the Apaseo near Celaya. Reference [The Columbia Gazeteer of North America] ..
Lajedo
There are parishes that have the name Lajedo: In the ..
Lajedo, Pernambuco
Lajedo in Pernambuco. Lajedo is a municipality/county in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. Its latitude is 8.63/8°39'49' S and the longitude is 36.2/36°19'12' W. The population in 2004 is 33,487, the area is 208.94 km² The elevation is 6616 m. ..
Lajedo (Lajes das Flores)
Lajedo is a parish in the district of Lajes das Flores in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 107, its density is 6.73/km² and the area is 15.9 km². ..
Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Lajemmerais is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is in Verchères. It was created on January 1, 1982. Population (2001) 66,333. Montérégie (16) ..
Lajes
There are parishes that have the name Lajes: Contents 1 In ..
Lajes (Praia da Vitória)
Lajes is a parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 3,753, its density is 336.6 /km² and the area is 11.15 km². It is the second largest and the most populated parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória. It is located in the northeastern part..
Lajes Air Base
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Lajes das Flores
Lajes das Flores Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. A.R. of AzoresA.R. of AzoresA.R. of Azores Party João Lourenço PSD Area 70.1 km² Population - Total - Density 1,49121/km² parishes 7 Coordinates [39º25'N 31º12'W] Mu..
Lajes do Pico
Lajes do Pico Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. A.R. of AzoresA.R. of AzoresA.R. of Azores Party Sara Rosa Santos PSD Area 155.3 km² Population - Total - Density 4,84052/km² parishes 6 Coordinates [38º24'N 28º14'W] Mun..
Lajes Field
Lajes Field tarmac Lajes Field is located near Lajes on Terceira Island in the Azores Islands, which is part of Portugal. This base is located in a very strategic place as it lies midway between North America and Europe in the North Atlantic Ocean. Lajes Field is the home of the 65th Air ..
Lajia
Lajia (喇家) village is an archaeological site located in Minhe County in northwest China's Qinghai province. Lajia is associated with the Qijia culture and was discovered by archaeologists in 2000. The site covers an area of around 200,000 square meters. Archaeologists believe the site was abando..
Lajja
This article is about Lajja, a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin. For the one about a Hindi movie named Lajja, by Rajkumar Santoshi, see Lajja (film). Lajja Lajja (Bangla:লজ্জা) is the name of a famous novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. Lajja is a Bengali ..
Lajja (film)
Lajja, a movie in Hindi, released in 2001, is based on the plight of women in India. The movie recounts the story of four women, and stars some of the best known names in Bollywood, including Rekha, Madhuri Dixit, Manisha Koirala, and Mahima Chaudhry. Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, and..
Lajja Gauri
"Lajja Gauri" is a goddess associated with abundance and fertility, and she has been euphemistically described as Lajja (that is, modesty). Her earlier depiction dates to the 3rd century, and her worship is prevalent in the Deccan, a draught-prone region of the Indian subcontinent. Her fertility asp..
Lajkovac
Lajkovac is a small town and municipality in Serbia. It is located in the Kolubara River valley and near to "Ibarska Magistrala", the main route from Beograd to Montenegro. Also, Lajkovac town is known by caffe BRAVO,the most beautiful place in Serbia and computer company [Agro-Tara DOO]"B..
Lajoie Dam
Lajoie Dam is the uppermost of the storage dams of the Bridge River Power Project, which is located in the southwestern Interior of British Columbia. It is located just west of the small semi-ghost town of Gold Bridge. An earthfill structure, it is 87 m (287 ft) impounds c. 570,000 acre feet (7..
Lajon Witherspoon
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Lajos
Lajos is the Hungarian form of the German name Ludwig. Ludwig is composed of the words for "fame" (hlod) and "war" (wig) which may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle". Lajos was adopted from the French language (Louis). There were two kings in Hungary named Lajos. Lajos II lost the..
Lajosmizse
Lajosmizse Country: Hungary County: Bács-Kiskun Area: 164.66 km² Density: 11,164 67.81/km² Postal code: 6050 Area code: 76 Coordinates: ..
Lajos Aulich
Lajos Aulich (1793, Pozsony –October 6, 1849, Arad) was the second Minister of War of Hungary. A professional soldier and lieutenant colonel in the Austrian army, he fought against Habsburg pressure. He was executed after the failure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He became a honvéd co..
Lajos Bárdos
Lajos Bárdos (October 1, 1899 - November 18, 1986) was a composer, conductor, and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. He was choir conductor and composed secular and eclesiastic vocal pieces. Hungria had a festival "Week Music Lajos Bardos" in June since 1977. Choral works (exam..
Lajos Baróti
Lajos Baróti (born 19 August 1914 at Szeged, died 23 December 2005) was most famous for being the coach of the Hungary national football team during two spells (1957-66, 1975-78). He led the team to four World Cups, and won the Bronze medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics and the Gold medal in the 1964..
Lajos Batthyány
Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (February 10, 1806 – October 6, 1849) was from a long line of counts and a descendant of The Capet King's of France. He was born in Pressburg (now Bratislava), Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia) and died (was executed by firing squad) in Pest, Hungary. H..
Lajos Biró
Lajos Biró (born Lajos Blau) (August 22, 1880 - September 9, 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom whe..
Lajos Csordák
Lajos Csordák, also written as Ľudovít Čordák, (February 2 1864 - June 28 1937, both in Košice) was a Slovak painter. He started to study painting around 1880. In 1883, his whole family moved to Munich. From 1889 to 1895 he studied at an art academy in Prague, under the guidance of Julius Ma..
Lajos Czeizler
Lajos Czeizler (*05.10.1893 in Heres, † 06.05.1969), former Hungarian football (soccer) coach. With altogether 11 major titles he remains one of the most successful football coaches of all time. He began his coaching career in the late 1920s in Italy, but immortality he was to achieve in Sweden,..
Lajos Dinnyés
Lajos Dinnyés (b. 16 April 1901, Dabas (Alsódabas) -d. 1961) was a Hungarian politician of the Smallholders Party who served as the last non-communist prime minister of Hungary from 1947 to 1948. He studied agriculture, and became a politician representing the Smallholders Party. Between 1931 an..
Lajos Egri
Lajos Egri (1888-1967) was born in Eger, Austria-Hungary. He is the author of The Art of Dramatic Writing, highly regarded as one of the best works on the subject of playwriting, though its teachings have since been adapted for the writing of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Originally publ..
Lajos Hevesi
See also Hevesi: Lőwy Hevesi Lajos, or Ludwig Hevesi (December 20, 1843, in Heves, Heves, Hungary - February 17, 1910, Vienna) was a Jewish Hungarian journalist and author (újságíró, író, műkritikus). He began to study medicine and classical philology in Budapest and Vienna, but soon turne..
Lajos Keresztes
Lajos Keresztes (b. 1933) is a German-Hungarian photographer. In 1956 he left Hungary for Germany, where he studied architecture first, and later photography. Since 1963 he has lived as a freelance photographic designer in Nuremberg. Keresztes has received many awards for his photography, notably ..
Lajos Koltai
Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born April 2, 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000 for his work on the fil..
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos "Louis" Kossuth (Ľudovít Košút in Slovak) (Monok, September 19, 1802–Turin, March 20, 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as..
Lajos Kossuth Square
Kossuth Lajos tér (in English: Lajos Kossuth Square, in short: Kossuth tér) is situated in the Lipótváros neighbourhood of Budapest, District V, on the bank of the Danube. Its most notable landmark is the Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian: Országház). There is a station of the..
Lajos Portisch
Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess player, born in 1937, whose positional style earned him the nickname of the "Hungarian Botvinnik". One of the strongest non-Soviet grandmasters in the 1960s and 1970s, he participated in twelve straight Interzonals and qualified for the World ..
Lajoux
Lajoux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes of the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. ..
Lajpat Nagar
Lajpat Nagar is a suburb in the south of Delhi. It is named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai. The suburb is divided into four parts: Lajpat Nagar I, II, III (north of the Ring Road) and IV (south of the Ring Road). Housing colonies like Amar Colony, Dayanand Colony, and Vinobha Puri are also located in ..
Lajpat Nagar Central Market
An old market in Delhi. Lajpat Nagar has a Haldiram's restaurant. It is named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai.It's stores stock a large ,comprehensive collection of ready -to -wear clothing as well as fabric,laces,buttons and many other stitching supplies.It even features some of New Delhi's ritziest ho..
Lajtabánság
Lajtabánság (German: Leitha-Banat) was a short lived Hungarian state in the territory of nowadays Burgenland after the Treaty of Trianon after the Hungarian Army left the territory but before the Austrian annexation. The state existed between October 4 and November 5 1921. ..
LaJuan Ramsey
[] at NFL.com LaJuan Ramsey (born in 1984) is an American football defensive lineman for the National Football League, Philadelphia Eagles. Professional Career He wears Jersey #77 for the Eagles. College Career He played college football at USC. ..
Laju incident
The Laju incident occurred on 31 January 1974 in Singapore, when four armed men attacked the Shell oil refinery complex on Pulau Bukom and later hijacked a ferryboat Laju. Overview On 31 January 1974, four men armed with submachine guns and explosives attacked the Shell oil refinery complex on Pula..
La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Quebec
La Jacques-Cartier is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and was created on April 1, 1981. Population (2001) 27,745. ..
La Jagua de Ibirico
Town and municipality of the Department of Cesar, Colombia. This region of La Jagua is rich in coal and it's exploited extensively second to El Cerrejon in La Guajira, representing the first source of income for the Department. It is also known for being a hot spot of the Colombian Conflict. ..
La Jara
La Jara may refer to: La Jara, New MexicoLa Jara, ColoradoThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
La Jara, Colorado
La Jara is a town in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The population was 877 at the 2000 census. Geography La Jara is located at [37°16′28″N, 105°57′39″W] (37.274536, -105.960844)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
La Jara, New Mexico
La Jara is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 209 at the 2000 census. Geography La Jara is located at [36°5′45″N, 106°57′23″W] (36.095771, -106.956415)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United..
La Jetée
La Jetée (1962) (literally "The Jetty" or "The Pier", but in this case idiomatically meaning "The Terminal," as in an airport terminal) is a black and white 28-minute science fiction film by Chris Marker. It tells the story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel by using a series of fil..
La Jigua
La Jigua is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán. ..
La jolie fille de Perth
La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth) is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1866), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the novel by Sir Walter Scott. It received its first performance at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, on 26th December 1867. ..
La Jolla, California
One of the beaches at La Jolla Cove La Jolla (pronounced [laˈhɔɪə]) is a seaside resort community of 42,808 residents within the city of San Diego, California. La Jolla borders Pacific Beach to the south and extends north to Torrey Pines State Reserve and Del Mar, California. ..
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club
Opened in 1935, the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club is a premiere private social club located on the shores of the tony La Jolla area of San Diego, California. The first foundation for the club began in 1927, when the area was designated for a private yacht club. The coming of the Great Depression ..
La Jolla Country Day School
La Jolla Country Day School Established 1926 (as the Balmer School) School type Private city = La Jolla, California Religious affiliation Location , CA, USA Campus Enrollment Faculty Average class size Student:Teacherratio Average SATscores () Athletics Co..
La Jolla Handicap
The La Jolla Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses. The La Jolla Handicap is raced at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club each year. The race is open to horses, age three willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf. The race carries a purse of 150000. ..
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre-in-residence on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. It was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. In 1983, it was revived under the leadership of Des McAnuff. Since then, the Playhouse’s r..
La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice
La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice is a commune of the Haute-Vienne département, in France. ..
La Jonquera
La Jonquera (Spanish: La Junquera) is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Girona (Gerona). It is situated just by the border with France, in the comarca of l'Alt Empordà. The area has always been an important pass through the Pyrenees. A contemporary motorway runs not far from..
La Jonque céleste
La Jonque céleste (The Celestial Barge) is the twenty-second book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1998. (ISBN 2-8001-2587-X) The Yoko Tsuno series by Roger Leloup Characters Yoko Tsuno | Vic Video | Pol Pitron Books Comic books: Le Trio de l'..
La Jornada
Logo of La Jornada La Jornada is one of Mexico's leading daily newspapers. It was established in 1984 by Carlos Payán Velver. The current editor (directora general) is Carmen Lira Saade. La Jornada generally takes left-of-center stances, criticizing the Fox administration and some of the con..
La Joute
La Joute, by Jean-Paul Riopelle, during the flaming phase of its kinetic cycle La Joute ("the joust") (1969) is a public sculptural installation by Quebec sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle, a member of the Automatiste movement. It is presently located in the Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal (Squar..
La Joya
La Joya (Spanish: "The Jewel") is the name of several places: La Joya, TexasLa Jolla, CaliforniaLa Joya District, Arequipa, a district in the Arequipa Province, Arequipa Region, Peru This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ..
La Joya, Texas
La Joya is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,303 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography La Joya is located at [26°14′31″N, 98°28′48″W] (26.241996, -98.480138)[Geo..
La Joya Independent School District
La Joya Independent School District is a school district headquartered in La Joya, Texas, United States. La Joya ISD serves the cities of La Joya and Palmview, Penitas, and Sullivan City, a portion of the city of Mission, and several unincorporated communities in Hidalgo County. The unincorporated..
La Joyita Prison
--> La Joyita Prison is part of the La Joya prison complex in Panama, Republic of Panama. It is a prison repeatedly accused of systematic abuses against its population, like most prisons in this Republic. Prisoners banded together in May, 2005 to launch an official website called www.RealPanama...
La Juive
La Juive ("The Jewess") is an opera in five acts by Jacques Halévy to an original libretto by Eugène Scribe. First performance: Paris, 1835. Contents 1 Characters2 Plot2.1 Act I2.2 Act II2.3 Act III2.4 Act IV2.5 Act V Characters Principal roles*Rachel - Sopra..
La Julia Rhea
La Julia Rhea (1908—1992) was an American operatic soprano, and a pioneering African American figure in Chicago. Rhea was trained in Louisville, Kentucky and later in Chicago. She debuted in Chicago's Kimball Hall in 1929. She continued to make regular concert performances as she studied op..
La Junta, Colorado
Santa Fe Railroad car at the La Junta Depot (Photo ©2004 Wyvonne Phillips) La Junta is a city in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population was 7,568 at the 2000 census. La Junta is located in southeast Colorado, on the Arkansas River south of Pueblo. La Junta is home to two well-k..
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