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Álava
Álava province Álava (Basque: Araba) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is one of the seven traditional provinces of the wider Basque Country, Euskal Herria. It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La Rioja, Navarra,..
L'avventura
L'avventura (The Adventure) is an Italian film written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Monica Vitti and Gabriele Ferzetti star. Released in 1960 and booed by audiences at Cannes when it was first shown, L'avventura won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Although the film i..
L.A.V.E.L.
L.A.V.E.L. is the acronym for a Detroit rapper. It stands for Living A Very Extrodinary Life. He started out in a group called the Krazy Klan. With the name J-ho and Anybody Killa using the name Jaymo. Around 2000 or so, Lavel went solo. Releasing several albums in the last few years. He rapped u..
LA/Valley Pride
LA/Valley Pride is an LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Transsexual) Pride event held in October in Studio City, California. Founded in 2000, LA/Valley Pride is a festival held at the famed CBS Studio Center (the former Republic Studios) in Studio City, CA, USA. It is one of a growing ..
LAV-300
The Cadillac Gage Textron LAV-300 is a family of light armored vehicles (LAVs) including up to 15 configurations. LAV-300 offers high mobility, speeds of up to 65 mph, and can be air-transported by a C-5 Galaxy, C-141 Starlifter, C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. Some versions ..
Lava
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Lava is molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption. Below the earth's surface, molten rock is termed magma instead of lava. Lava, when first exuded from a volcanic vent, is a liquid at temperatures typically from 700 °C to 1,200 °C (1,300 °F..
Lava-lava
A lavalava is a kind of clothing worn by Polynesians, especially Samoans. It consists of a singular rectangular cloth worn like a kilt or skirt. In English, such garments are generically called sarong, but that word is actually Malay, whereas lavalava is Samoan, being short for ʻie lavalava (cloth ..
Lavabo
19th Century sink A lavabo is a device used to provide water. In ecclesiastical usage it is the basin in which the priest washes his hands after preparing the Altar before saying Mass. The room in which it is kept is the lavatory. The name Lavabo ("I shall wash") is derived from the words of ..
Lavaca, Arkansas
Lavaca is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,825 at the 2000 census. Geography Lavaca is located at [35°20′12″N, 94°10′36″W] (35.336657, -94.176776)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
Lavaca-Navidad River Authority
The Lavaca-Navidad River Authority or LNRA was formed in August, 1941 by the Texas legislature. Its regulatory authority is authorized by Article 16, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, codified in Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes as Article 8280-131. Its main concerns are water conserva..
Lavaca County, Texas
Lavaca County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 19,210. Its county seat is Hallettsville6. The county is named for the Lavaca River. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Cities and towns4 External link G..
Lavaca River
The Lavaca River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It begins in the northeastern part of Gonzales County, and travels generally southeast for 115 miles until it empties into Lavaca Bay, which is a component of Matagorda Bay. History The river was originally named the Rivière de Les Veches..
Lavage
In medicine, "lavage" is a general term referring to cleaning or rinsing. Specific types include: Antiseptic lavageBronchoalveolar lavageGastric lavagePeritoneal lavageArthroscopic lavageDuctal lavageEar lavage This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated wi..
Lavagna
Lavagna is a fishing port city of 13,000 inhabitants in the curving stretch of the Italian Riviera di Levante called the gulf of Tigullio, in the province of Genoa in Liguria. The borgo of Lavagna was an important Ligurian cultural center in the Middle Ages. Today its long straight beach is packed w..
Lavaka
Lavaka, the Malagasy word for "hole", are gullies particular to Madagascar. They form mainly by groundwater sapping, and can erode rapidly producing a sediment yield on the order of 8000 cubic metres over several months. References [link][link] ..
Lavaka Ata 'Ulukalala
His Royal Highness Prince Ahoeitu Unuakiotonga Tukuaho, but according to Tongan custom to referred to by his hereditary titles, of which he has three: Lavaka from Pea, Ata from Kolovai, and Ulukālala from Vavau, which may be put in any order and any number, usually depending on the village from wh..
Laval
Laval is the name of: A city, a region and a county in southern Quebec, Canada part the Montreal area : see Laval, QuebecAn arciphelago within the limits of the above city: see Îles-LavalA university in Quebec City: see Université LavalThe first bishop of Quebec City: see François de LavalThe Pr..
Laval, Mayenne
Laval Country      France Région Pays de la Loire Départment Mayenne (préfecture) Arrondissement Laval Canton Chief town of 5 cantons INSEE 53130 Postal Code 53000 MayorCurrent Term François d'Aubert2001-2008 Intercommunality Lava..
Laval, Quebec
Ville de Laval, Québec, Canada Motto: Unité, progrès, grandeur (Unity, Progress, Greatness) Area: 247.07 km² (153.52 mi²) Population  - City (2004)  - CDN Census division rank  - Canadian Municipal Rank  - Density 364 756 Ranked 20th Ranked 14th 138..
Laval-des-Rapides
Laval-des-Rapides is a borough in Laval, Quebec and was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons. The borough is delimited North, North-West and West by Chomedey. Their East and North-East neighborhood is Pont-Viau. It was a separate city until the 1965 mun..
Laval-Ouest, Quebec
For the electoral district see : Laval West Laval-Ouest is a borough in Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the 1965 municipal mergers. Laval-Ouest is delimited North and Noth-West by the rivière des milles-îles, South-West by Laval-sur-le-Lac, East by Fabreville and South by Sainte-Doro..
Laval-sur-le-Lac
Laval-sur-le-Lac is a small borough on the western-end part of Laval and was a separate city until the 1965 municipal mergers. ..
Lavalas
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Lavalette
Lavalette is the name of several places in France: Lavalette (Aude)Lavalette (Hérault)Lavalette (Haute-Garonne) There is also a Lavalette in New Jersey. Count Lavalette (1769-1830) was a French politician under Napoléon. You can find him under Antoine Marie Chamans, Comte de Lavalette. This i..
Lavalette, West Virginia
Lavalette is an unincorporated town in Wayne County, West Virginia, in the United States. Lavalette is located at the intersection of West Virginia State Route 152 and West Virginia State Route 75, eight miles south of Huntington. The town is near Beech Fork Lake, a popular location for boating an..
Lavale Public Library
The LaVale Public Library is located in LaVale, Maryland. The first public library in LaVale opened on April 18, 1953. The current building opened on September 28, 1975. The LaVale Library is part of the Allegany Country Library System and is the headquarters for the Allegany County Bookmobile. P..
Lavalier
The term lavalier may refer to: A lavalier is a pendant with one stone, suspended from a necklace.A lavalier is a small electret or dynamic microphone used for television, theatre, and public speaking applications, in order to allow hands-free operation. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation..
Lavalier microphone
A lavalier microphone or lavalier (or lav or lapel mike) is a small electret or dynamic microphone used for television, theatre, and public speaking applications, in order to allow hands-free operation. They are most commonly provided with small clips for attaching to collars, ties, or other clot..
Lavalife
Lavalife.com is an online dating service. Its inception was in 1987. At times it has operated under different names; in 1998 it was called Webpersonals.com. Currently it has 600,000 members exchanging 1.3 million messages on their servers. It first provided its services over the phone, but now pre..
Lavalleja Department
Flag Coat of Arms Lavalleja Flag Lavalleja Coat of Arms Statistics Capital: Minas Area: 10.016 km² Inhabitants: 60.925 (2004) Pop. Density: 6.08 inh./km² Demonym: serrano Website: [lavalleja.gub.uy] (in Spanish) ISO 3166-2: UY-LA Politics ..
Lavallette, New Jersey
Lavallette is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 2,665. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Government3.1 Federal, state and county representation4 External links Geography Lavallette is..
Laval (electoral district)
For Centre Laval (the mall), see : Centre Laval Laval is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917, 1949 to 1979, and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 98,831. Contents 1 Geography2 History2.1 ..
Laval Centre
Laval Centre (formerly known as Laval-des-Rapides) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004. It was created as "Laval-des-Rapides" riding in 1976 from parts of Laval, Ahuntsic, Dollard and Duvernay ridings. It was r..
Laval Chiefs
The Laval Chiefs (Les Chiefs de Laval) is a hockey team based in Laval, Quebec. The team is part of the Ligue nord-américaine de hockey (LNAH). The Chiefs were previously part of the semi-professional QSPHL (1998–2003) and QSMHL (2003–2004), LNAH (2004–2006). The Chiefs play at ..
Laval Comets
The Laval Comets are a W-League club based in Laval, Quebec. ..
Laval East
Laval East (formerly known as Duvernay) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 2004. The electoral district was created as "Duvernay" in 1966 from parts of Laval riding. The name was changed to "Laval East" in 1990. Th..
Laval Rouge-et-Or
The Laval Rouge-et-Or ("Laval Red and Gold") are the athletic teams that represent Université Laval in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. See also Canadian Interuniversity Sport. External link [Le Rouge-et-Or] ..
Laval Titan
Laval Titan City Laval, Quebec League Q.M.J.H.L. Existence 1971-98 The Laval Titan was just one name used by the QMJHL franchise that played in Laval, Quebec between 1971 and 1998. Franchise Identities: Rosemont National 1969-71Laval National 1971-79Laval Voisins 1979-85Laval..
Laval West
For the borough in Laval, QC, see : Laval-Ouest, Quebec Laval West (formerly known as Mille-Iles and Laval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004. It was created as the riding of "Mille-Iles" in 1976 from parts o..
Laval—Les Îles
Laval—Les Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 100,137. Contents 1 Geography2 History2.1 Members of Parliament3 Election results4 See also5 Exte..
Laval—Two Mountains
Laval—Two Mountains was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1949. This riding was created in 1914 from Laval and Two Mountains ridings, and was first used in the federal election of 1917. The riding wa..
Lavan
Lavan may refer to: Lavan...A famous student of NJIT........from India.Lavan, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf.Laban, a person in the Bible. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wis..
Lavanasura
In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Lavanasura was a demon who was killed by Shatrughna, the youngest brother of Lord Rama. During Rama's reign, while peace prevailed in most places, Lavanasura continued to torment the innocent and destroy many sacrifices of sages and terrify them in many ways. Many kings ..
Lavanavari
Lavanavari is a river in India. It means "Salt River" in Sanskrit and is also known as the Luni River. Rising in the western Aravalli Range in the state of Rajasthan, where it is known as the Sagarmati, it flows south-west and enters a patch of desert before dissipating into the Rann of Kutch, tr..
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender, or inaccurately, "English" Lavender) is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the western Mediterranean region, primarily in the Pyrenees and other mountains in northern Spain. It is a strongly aromatic shrub growing to 1-2 m tall. The leav..
Lavandula stoechas
Lavandula stoechas (French Lavender, Stoechas Lavender, or Topped Lavender) occurs naturally in the Mediterranean region. A perennial shrub, it usually grows to 30-100 cm tall and wide. The leaves are 1-4 cm long, greyish tomentose. The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on s..
Lavangen
Lavangen kommune County Troms District Municipality NO-1920]] Administrative centre Tennevoll Mayor (2005) Bernhardt Halvorsen (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²296 km²0.09 % 2004) - Percentage ..
Lavani
Lavani is a form of music popular in Maharashtra and southern Madhya Pradesh, India. The word Lavani comes from the word Lavanya which means beauty. The Nirguni Lavani (philosophical) and the Shringari Lavani (erotic) are the two types. The devotional music of the Nirguni cult is popular all over Ma..
Lavanify
Lavanify is a genus of mammal from the extinct suborder Gondwanatheria that lived in Madagascar during the "Age of Dinosaurs", specifically during the Upper Cretaceous period. The position of Gondwanatherians within class Mammalia is not yet clear. The genus and species were named by David Krause..
Lavans-sur-Valouse
Lavans-sur-Valouse is a commune of the Jura département, in France. ..
Lavant
Lavant (in Latin Lavantina) was a prince-bishopric, suffragan of the Prince-archbishop of Salzburg, then in the southern part of imperial Austria's Styria, that was later re-assigned to present Slovenia. It became the Slovenian bishopric of Maribor, a suffragan of the Archbishop of Ljubljana, on 5 M..
Lavan Firestorm
Herald Lavan Chitward, known as Firestarter, and Firestorm; or more commonly Herald Lavan Firestorm is a fictional character in the book Brightly Burning, by Mercedes Lackey. Lavan Firestorm is also referenced as a legend the books that follow in the Valdemar timeline. This article references the ..
Lavan Island
Lavan is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. The word Lavan derives from Iranian mythology and represents the scripts of the Iranian sands, which state that on one occasion in two thousand years, a warrior will be born amongst countrymen. In modern language, this would translate to mean that som..
Lavara
There is also a place name Lavara in India, see Lavara, India > Orfea - Statistics Prefecture: Evros Province: Didymoteicho Location:Latitude:Longitude: 41.268/41°16'6' N lat.26.7845/26°23'3' E long Lavara, (Greek: Λάβαρα) is a town licated in the eastern part of the pref..
Lavarack Barracks
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Lavarand
Lavarand™ is Silicon Graphics' name for its method of generating pseudo-random numbers out of the patterns made by the floating material in lava lamps. It is covered under [U.S. Patent 5732138], titled "Method for seeding a pseudo-random number generator with a cryptographic hash o..
Lavardin
Lavardin is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Lavardin, Loir-et-CherLavardin, Sarthe, in the Sarthe département ..
Lavardin, Loir-et-Cher
Lavardin is a tiny village and a commune of approximately 266 inhabitants in the Loir-et-Cher département of the Centre région of France. The village is a member of the association of "The most beautiful villages of France". External link [Official village website for Lavardin] (In E..
Lavaridge Town
Lavaridge Town (Japanese: (フエンタウン; Fuen Taun, "Fuen Town") is a fictional city in the Pokémon series, located in the Hoenn region. The Lavaridge Pokémon Center is connected to a hot spring, which is famous the world over. The Lavarige Gym leader is Flann..
LaVar Arrington
Arrington featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated LaVar RaShad Arrington (born June 20, 1978 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional football player, a linebacker, who plays for the New York Giants in the NFL. Arrington was drafted as the second choice overall in the 2000 NFL draft ..
LaVar Christensen
LaVar Christenson is currently a State Representative representing Utah's 48th district where he has served since 2002. Christenson is currently the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Utah's 2nd Congressional District ([map]). Christenson is challenging incubant Democrat Jim Matheso..
Lavash
Lavash (Persian: لواش;Armenian: Լավաշ; Turkish: Lavaş; also known as Lahvash or Armenian cracker bread) is a soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, and salt. It is the most wide-spread type of bread in Iran and Armenia. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkl..
Lavasoft
Lavasoft is a software company which currently has its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was started in the mid-1990s in Germany and is best known for its spyware-removal product, Ad-Aware. From the Autumn of 2004 it has had a department in Helsinki, Finland. The company CEO is Ann-Christine ..
Lavatory Love Machine
Lavatory Love Machine is a single by the power metal band Edguy. Track listing "Lavatory Love Machine""Lavatory Love Machine (Acoustic)""I'll Cry For You""Reach Out""Lavatory Love Machine (Video-clip)" ..
Lavaur
Lavaur is the name of several communes in France: Lavaur, in the Dordogne départementLavaur, in the Tarn département This 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 po..
Lavaur, Tarn
Lavaur is a town and commune of south-western France, capital of an arrondissement in the Tarn département, 37 m. S.E. of Montauban by rail. Population: 1906: town 4,069; commune 6,388 1999: commune 8,537. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Sights4 Economy5 Miscellaneous6&..
Lavaux (district)
Arms of Lavaux (district) Lavaux is the northern shore of the Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) in the canton of Vaud in French-speaking Switzerland. It includes the premier wine-growing slopes between Lausanne and Vevey. The shore is punctuated by lovely little towns, including Lutry, Villette, Cully..
Lava (disambiguation)
Lava may refer to: Lava, hot molten rockLava (town), a town in West Bengal, IndiaLava (military formation), a military formationLava (Ramayana), one of the sons of Rama and SitaŁyna, a river that flows through Poland and Russia (Russian name: Lava)Lava (soap) This is a [disambiguationdisambigu..
Lava (Ramayana)
Lava (sometimes Lav) and his twin brother Kusha are the children of the Hindu God Rama and his wife Sita Devi, whose story is told in the Ramayana. According to legends, he was the founder of the city of Lahore, which bears its name after him. Born in the Forest after Sita had been banished from A..
Lava (soap)
Lava is a heavy-duty hand cleaner made by WD-40, first produced in 1893. WD-40 acquired the brand from Procter & Gamble in 1999. Unlike typical hand soaps, Lava contains ground pumice, which gave the soap its name. The soap/pumice combination is intended to scour tar, engine grease, paint, and si..
Lava (town)
View from the town of Lava Lava is a small hamlet situated 34 km east of the town of Kalimpong via Algarah in the state of West Bengal, India. Lava is situated at an altitude of 2,100 metres. It is one of the few places in West Bengal to receive snow in winter. The route to Lava is ..
Lava Beds National Monument
Lava Beds National Monument ..
Lava Bed Mountains
The Lava Bed Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California, USA. The mountains lie in a northwest-southeasterly direction, and are located almost entirely within the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, which is a restricted area. The mountains reach a heig..
Lava Butte
Lava Butte is a cinder cone located in Central Oregon, USA, just west of US Highway 97 between the towns of Bend, Oregon, and Sunriver, Oregon. About 500 feet tall, it is part of a system of small cinder cones on the northwest flank of Newberry Volcano, a massive shield volcano which rises to the so..
Lava cactus
The lava cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus) is a species of cactus and the sole species of the genus Brachycereus. The plant, known uniquely from Bartolomé Island of the Galapagos, is a colonizer of lava fields, hence its common name. The plant has soft furry spines and grows in clumps to a heigh..
Lava Creek Tuff
Lava Creek Tuff is a tuff formation created when the Yellowstone Caldera erupted about 640,000 years ago.[#endnote_age] The Lava Creek Tuff distributed in a radial pattern around the caldera and is formed of 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles) of ash in pyroclastic flows.[#endn..
Lava dome
One of the Mono Craters, an example of a rhyolite dome. In volcanology, a lava dome is mound-shaped growth resulting from the eruption of high-silica lava (usually rhyolite and/or dacite) from a volcano. It is also known as a plug dome, although that term is rarely used. The high silica conten..
Lava flow (programming)
In computer programming jargon, lava flow is a problem in which computer code, usually written under less than optimal conditions, is put into production and then built on when still in a developmental state. This causes the original code to solidify (as many additional components now depend on it),..
Lava Fork
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Lava Fork is a young vent i..
Lava Forks Provincial Park
Lava Forks Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ..
Lava fountain
450m-high lava fountain at Kilauea A lava fountain is a volcanic phenomenon is which lava is forcefully but non-explosively ejected from a crater or fissure. Lava fountains may reach heights of up to 500m. They may occur as a series of short pulses, or a continuous jet of lava. They are com..
Lava Gull
The Lava Gull (Larus fuliginosus) is a large gull, probably related to the Laughing Gull. One of the rarest gulls in the world, the entire population lives on the Galapagos Islands and is estimated at 400 pairs. Adult plumage, acquired in the third year of life, consists of a black head, black w..
Lava Hay
Lava Hay were a Canadian folk-pop duo in the early 1990s. The duo consisted of Suzanne Little and Michelle Gould. Little and Gould first met in 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. In 1989 they recorded an album together with the intention of distributing it independently, but it soon came to the attention of..
Lava Hot Springs, Idaho
Lava Hot Springs Lava Hot Springs is a city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. The population was 521 at the 2000 census. Located in the mountainous valley of the Portneuf River the old route of the Oregon Trail and California Trail, the city has become popular resort location, noted f..
Lava lake
Lava lakes are large volumes of molten lava, usually basaltic, contained in a vent, volcanic crater, or broad depression. Scientists use the term to describe both lava lakes that are molten and those that are partly or completely solidified. Lava lakes can form (1) from one or more vents in a cra..
Lava lamp
A lava lamp in the dark A lava lamp is a novelty item typically used for decoration rather than illumination. The gentle flow of randomly-shaped blobs of wax suggests the flowing of lava. Contents 1 How it works2 History3 Lava lamp Darwin Award4 See also5 External ..
Lava Mouse
The lava mouse Malpaisomys insularis is an extinct endemic rodent from the Canary Islands, Spain. The Lava Mouse is known from Holocene and Pleistocene deposits in the eastern Canary Islands, including Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and nearby islets. It became extinct during historical times, probabl..
Lava plain
A lava plain, or lava field, is an expanse of land where lava is flowing. ..
Lava programming language
Lava is an experimental, object-oriented, interpreter-based programming language with an associated programming environment (LavaPE = Lava Programming Environment), which gets along without a text editor, but is totally based on structure editors. Only comments, constants and new identifiers ha..
Lava Records
Lava Records was established in 1995 as a joint venture between Jason Flom, who began his career with Atlantic Records. One of the most accomplished A&R people in the music industry, in his early career Flom was responsible for signing such multi-million selling artists as Twisted Sister, Skid Row,..
Lava Tree State Monument
Lava molds of tree trunks in Lava Tree State Monument Lava Tree State Monument is located 2.7 miles southeast of Pahoa on Hawaii. It preserves lava molds of the tree trunks that were formed when a lava flow swept through a forested area in 1790. External links [USGS Photo Glossary page..
Lava tube
Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The step mark on the right wall indicates the depth at which the lava flowed for a period of time. Lava tubes are natural conduits through which lava travels beneath the surface of a lava flow. They can be actively draining lava from a so..
Laveen, Arizona
Laveen, Arizona is an historically rural community situated 8 miles southwest of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Climate4 History5 References6 External links Geography Laveen consists mainly of agricultural land and residential hou..
Lavellan
A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc is a mythological/cryptozoological creature from northern Scotland. It was generally considered to be a kind of rodent, and indeed the name "làbh-allan" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic. It was however, reportedly..
Lavelle-Locustdale, Pennsylvania
Lavelle-Locustdale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 649 at the 2000 census. Geography Lavelle-Locustdale is located at [40°45′50″N, 76°22′50″W] (40.763779, -76.380429)[Geographic references#1GR1]. ..
Lavello
Lavello Statistics Country: Italy Region Basilicata Province: Potenza Location: Lavello is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Ascoli Satriano (FG), Canosa di Puglia (BA), Cerignola (FG), Melfi, Min..
LaVell Boyd
LaVell Boyd (born September 12, 1976 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina) is a professional American football player. Boyd is a graduate of Doss High School was the all-time leading receiver in Jefferson County history. He later went on to the University of Louisville, where he help lead his team to t..
LaVell Edwards
LaVell Edwards (born October 11, 1930) is a former American football coach of Brigham Young University (BYU). Born in Orem, Utah, Edwards played football for Utah State University and earned a Masters degree at the University of Utah prior to coaching at BYU. Coaching career Edwards was BYU's head ..
LaVell Edwards Stadium
LaVell Edwards Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the BYU Cougars. The stadium opened in 1964 as Cougar Stadium. The capacity of the facility was just under 30,000 with stands on both..
Lavell Township, Minnesota
Lavell Township is a township in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 363 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 280.5 km² (108.3 mi²). 279.1 km² (107.8 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of..
Lavender
For the color shade, see Lavender (color) The lavenders Lavandula are a genus of about 25-30 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region south to tropical Africa and east to India. The genus includes annuals, herbaceous plants, subshrubs, and sma..
Lavender (color)
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Lavender Bay, New South Wales
Lavender Bay is a part of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to the west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and suburb of Sydney. It lies between Milsons Point and McMahons Point. It was named after the bosun, George Lavender, from the prison hulk "Phoenix" which was moored there for many years. The bay was s..
Lavender Bay railway station, Sydney
The first Lavender Bay railway station was opened on 30 May 1915 at a site 300 metres "north" of the original Milsons point station on the North Shore line on the edge of Lavender Bay. The station was created by building platforms beside the existing lines. An overbridge was constructed leading to a..
Lavender Blue
"Lavender Blue", also called "Lavender's blue", is a folk song dating to the 17th century. A hit version of the song, sung by Burl Ives, was featured in the Walt Disney movie "So Dear to My Heart." It was Ives' first hit song, and reintroduced it to popularity in the 20th century. A version of the s..
Lavender Blush
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Lavender Castle
Lavender Castle is a British stop motion television series created by Rodney Matthews and Gerry Anderson. It follows the story of Captain Thrice and his crew, searching for the peaceful city of Lavender Castle before the evil Dr. Agon. External links [Page on Rodney Matthew's website]..
Lavender Cheung
Lavender Cheung (張宏艷) is a newscaster with Cable TV Hong Kong of Hong Kong. Cheung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and she received Monbusho Scholarship from Japanese Government in 1995. She then attended Keio University in Japan for a master degree in Law, majored in Pol..
Lavender Dancer
The Lavender Dancer (Argia hinei) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to the western United States from west Texas to southern California, as well as adjacent regions of northern Mexico. References [Argia hinei (TSN 592406)]. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. A..
Lavender Diamond
Lavender Diamond is a Los Angeles-based folk/country-pop quartet known for its light-hearted, often winsome sound, its simple, romantic lyrics, and the charisma, whimsical stage presence, and ethereal vocals of frontwoman Becky Stark. The band was named after a character that Stark portrayed in a pl..
Lavender Graduation
Lavender Graduation is a graduation ceremony specifically to honor gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students. External links [National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education - FAQ - Lavendar Graduation] ..
Lavender Greens
LGBT movements  Around the world ·   · · Opposition · Violence The National Lavender Greens Caucus (NLGC) is the Green Party's advocacy group on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (GLBTIQ) issues and is an officially accredited (recognized) Iden..
Lavender Line
The Lavender Line is a heritage railway based at Isfield station, near Uckfield in East Sussex. Contents 1 History2 Bluebell Line3 Closure4 Restoration5 The present6 The future7 Roadworks8 External links History The Lavender Line formed part of the Lewes t..
Lavender Mafia
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Lavender Magazine
Lavender Magazine is a biweekly magazine published in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. It is distributed free of charge in the Twin Cites of Minneapolis and St. Paul and in some other cities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. External links ..
Lavender marriage
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Lavender marriage is a term coined to describe a marriage between a man and a woman in which one, or both, part..
Lavender Menace
LGBT movements  Around the world ·   · · Opposition · Violence The Lavender Menace was an informal group of lesbian radical feminists formed to protest the exclusion of lesbians and lesbian issues from the feminist movement at the Second Congress to Unite Women in New..
Lavender MRT Station
Platform level of the Lavender MRT Station View of the platform screen doors at platform level. Lavender MRT station (EW11) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. Located beneath Kallang Road, it sports the same design scheme as Bugis Station. ..
Lavender oil
Lavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender. Two forms are distinguished, Lavender Flower Oil, a colorless oil, insoluble in water, having a density of 0.885 (g/mL), and Lavender Spike Oil, a distillate from the herb Lavandula lat..
Lavender Pit
Looking southeast down into the pit. Notice the brown water acid pond. The Lavender Pit is an open pit copper mine located at 31.4310 N, 109.9002 W in Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona. It is located in the near vicinity of the very rich copper deposit the Copper Queen Mine. Phelps Dodge Corp..
Lavender scare
The Lavender scare refers to the fear and persecution of homosexuals in the fifties that paralleled the anti-communist red scare. Several causes have been suggested including the growing visibility of homosexuality, shifts in conspiracy thinking, perceived crisis in American masculinity, and politi..
Lavender Tower
The Lavender Tower is a location in Lavender Town in the Kanto region of the Pokémon universe. When you first come across the tower, you can enter it but not have any success, as you will lack the necessary Silph Scope to see the ghost pokemon you encounter. You cannot capture or fight these unid..
Lavender Town
is a fictional town in the eastern part of the Kanto region of the Pokémon universe mainly characterised by the Pokémon Tower. Lavender Town in FireRed and LeafGreen versions In the Red and Blue and FireRed and LeafGreen versions, Lavender Town has a tower called Pokemon Tower, which is a ta..
Lavendon
Lavendon is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, England. It is the northernmost village in the Borough, located near Olney, eight miles WNW of Bedford, eight miles NNE of Newport Pagnell. Nearby places are Warrington, and Cold Brayfield in Milton Keynes Borough, and Harrold..
Lavenham
Lavenham is a medieval village in Suffolk, England famous for its impressive Fifteenth Century church, half-timbered medieval cottages and circular walk. The population of the town has never exceeded 2000. In the medieval period it was among the 20 wealthiest towns in England. The village was bu..
Lavenone
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Lavenski Smith
Lavenski R. Smith (b. October 31, 1958 in Hope, Arkansas) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was nominated to that court by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001 and confirmed by the United States Senate on July 15, 2002 by voice vote. Educa..
Laventie
Laventie is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais département, arrondissement of Béthune, in the north of France. Its postal code is 62840. Population (1999): 4,450 inhabitants for the commune and 16,765 inhabitants for the canton. Twinning Laventie is twinned with: Ise..
Laventille
Laventille is a suburb of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The name Laventille hearkens back to colonial times, especially when the French dominated the cultural traditions of the island. One etymological derivation of the name is due to the fact that The northeast trade winds come to this part o..
Laver
Laver might refer to one of the following: A basin for ceremonial ablutionAn edible seaweed, noriA river in North YorkshireRod Laver, champion Australian tennis player This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to ..
Laveranues Coles
Laveranues Coles (born December 29, 1977 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a receiver who was drafted by the New York Jets in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft out of Florida State University. Coles signed with the Washington Redskins in the 2002 offseason and admitted that he left the Jets because t..
Laverbread
Laverbread (Welsh: Bara Lawr) is a traditional Welsh delicacy made from the seaweed laver. Laver is used traditionally in the Welsh diet and still eaten widely across Wales in the form of laverbread. The seaweed is boiled for several hours: the gelatinous paste that results is then rolled in oatme..
Laverda
Laverda is an Italian manufacturer of Combine harvesters and at one time a maker of high performance motorcycles. The agricultural equipment brand is famous for quality, simplicity, and efficiency; while the motorcycles in their day gained notoriety for being robust and innovative. Contents 1&n..
Laverda Jota
Laverda Jota is a Laverda 1000cc motorcycle modified by the importers Slater Bros. of Collington, England. The 3 cylinder 3CL was improved by adding high lift camshafts and less restrictive exhausts. Named after jota a Spanish dance in triple time. External link [A review at Classic Motorcycl..
Lavergne Law
Lavergne Law is a law that was passed under advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1910. The Lavergne Law came into effect New Year's Day of 1911 and amended the Civil Code concerning the use of English and French in contracts made with public service..
Laverna
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Topics in Roman mythology Important Gods: Jupiter Minerva Mars Mercury Quirinus Vulcan Vesta Ceres Juno ..
Laverne
Laverne can refer to: Lauren Laverne, English disc jockey and television presenterOne of the eponymous characters in the television series Laverne & ShirleyLaverne, OklahomaThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred yo..
Laverne, Oklahoma
Laverne is a town in Harper County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,097 at the 2000 census. Geography Laverne is located at [36°42′29″N, 99°53′50″W] (36.708137, -99.897106)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the t..
Laverne & Shirley
Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, roommates who, as the series began, worked in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin brewery. It was a spinoff of Happy Days..
Laverne Borelli
LaVerne Borelli (1909-?) was an American murderer who, on May 9, 1946, killed her husband after discovering that he had been with another woman. Borelli used her husband's pistol to shoot him to death while he slept. She was tried and convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter and was paro..
Laverne Eve
Laverne Eve (born 16 June, 1965 in Nassau) is a Bahamian athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 63.73 metres from April 2000. Achievements 2006 Commonwealth Games - silver medal3rd IAAF World Athletics Final - fourth place2nd IAAF World Athletics Final - fifth place20..
LaVernia, Texas
LaVernia is a town in Texas, located 30 miles southeast of San Antonio. ..
Lavernock
Lavernock is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales, lying between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel. On May 13, 1897, Guglielmo Marconi, assisted by George Kemp, a Cardiff Post Office engineer, transmitted the first wireless signals over water from Lavernock P..
Lavernock Battery
Lavernock Battery was built at Lavernock Point, Wales on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. It was the most northerly of a chain of defences across the Bristol Channel, protecting the access to Bristol and Cardiff. The battery was originally armed with three 7" RMLs, which was incre..
Lavernock Point
Lavernock Point is a headland on the coast of South Wales, and lies 8 km south of Cardiff and 6 km east of Barry. In the 1860s a battery of guns was built protecting the approaches to Cardiff. On 18 May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi, assisted by George Kemp, a Cardiff Post Office engineer, transmitted t..
Lavern Ahlstrom
Lavern Ahlstrom is a politician in Alberta, Canada. He is leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party, which governed Alberta from 1935 to 1971, but is now a fringe party that holds no seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He assumed the party's leadership in February 2001, and led the party..
LaVern Baker
LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American Rhythm & Blues singer, originally billed as "Little Miss Sharecropper", then "Bea Baker". She had taken the first name "LaVern" by 1952, when she began recording with Todd Rhodes and his band. Born Delores Baker (she is occasion..
LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
The LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, in Terre Haute, Indiana was dedicated October 17, 1997. This course has the distinction of being one of the few purpose-built cross-country courses in the world. The facility is part of 240 acres that comprise the Wabash Valley Family Sports Cente..
Laverstock & Ford F.C.
Laverstock & Ford F.C. is a football club based in Wiltshire, England. They joined the Hampshire League in 1996. For the 2006-07 season, they are members of the Wessex League Division One. |- !colspan="3" style="background:#ccf; text-align:center;"|Wessex League Division One 2006/07 |- |colspan=..
Laverstoke
Laverstoke is a village in the north of Hampshire, England. It forms a parish with the nearby village of Freefolk. ..
Laverton
There is more than one place named Laverton: In Australia: Laverton, Victoria is a suburb of Melbourne, VictoriaLaverton, Western Australia is a shire and town in Western Australia In the United Kingdom Laverton, GloucestershireLaverton, North YorkshireLaverton, Somerset This is a [disambiguat..
Laverton, Victoria
Laverton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. Contents 1 Location2 History3 Population4 Royal Australian Air Force bases Location Laverton is located 18 kilometres west-south-west of Melbourne. It is a suburb kn..
Laverton, Western Australia
Laverton is a town and shire in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The town of Laverton is located at [28°37′S 122°24′E], on the western edge of the Great Victoria Desert, 957 kilometres north north east of Perth and 124 kilometres east north east of the town of ..
Laverton railway station, Melbourne
Laverton is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Werribee line in the suburb of Laverton. The station is 22.2 km from Flinders Street Station and is in the Metcard Zone 1+2 overlap. The station is a Premium Station, meaning that is staffed from first to last ..
Laver table
In mathematics, Laver tables (named after mathematician Richard Laver, who discovered them towards the end of the 1980s in connection with his works on set theory) are tables of numbers that have certain properties. Contents 1 Definition2 Periodicity3 References4 Further read..
Lavey-Morcles
Lavey-Morcles is a commune in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle. ..
LaVeyan Satanism
Part of the series on'''LaVeyan Satanism Organization Church of Satan Symbols Sigil of Baphomet Devil horns History Satanic Black House Books and Publications The Satanic Bible The Satanic Rituals The Satanic Witch The Devil's Notebook Satan Speaks! The Church of Satan The Secre..
LaVey Synthesizer Clock
The LaVey Personality Synthesizer Clock is a form of somatotyping devised by Anton LaVey, founder and first High Priest of the Church of Satan, introduced in his book The Satanic Witch. Much of the content and application of The Satanic Witch rests upon understanding the Synthesizer Clock, and as s..
Lavezares, Northern Samar
Lavezares is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 23,991 people in 4,637 households. Barangays Lavezares is politically subdivided into 26 barangays. BalicuatroBaniBarobaybayCaburihan (Pob.)Caragas (Pob.)Ca..
Lave Cross
Lafayette Napoleon Cross (May 12 1866 – September 6 1927) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played most of his 21-year career with Philadelphia-based teams in four different leagues. One of the sport's top all-around players in the years surrounding the turn of the 20t..
Lavia
Lavia is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 2,245 (2003) and covers an area of 358.24 km² of which 38.97 km² is water. The population density is 6.3 inhabitants per km². The mun..
Laviana
Laviana (Asturian: Llaviana) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by Bimenes and Nava, on the south by Aller, on the east by Piloña and Sobrescobio, and on the west by San Martín del Rey Aurelio and Mieres. It is situated in t..
Lavie
The Lavie was a French automobile manufactured in Paris around 1904. The company produced a few 6cv twin-cylinder voiturettes; one is reported to surive. Reference David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. ..
Lavietes Pavilion
The Ray Lavietes Basketball Pavilion at the Briggs Athletic Center is a 2,195-seat multi-purpose arena in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Harvard University Crimson basketball team. It is tied with the University of Oregon's McArthur Court as the second-oldest..
Lavie Tidhar
Lavie Tidhar is an Israeli born writer resident in the United Kingdom. He also lived for a long period in South Africa. He was the winner of the first Clarke-Bradbury International Science Fiction Competition sponsored by the European Space Agency and, in 2005, was a Writers of the Future finalist. ..
Lavigerie
Lavigerie may refer to: Charles LavigerieLavigerie, a commune of the Cantal département, in France This 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..
Lavigne v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Lavigne v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union Supreme Court of Canada Argued June 18 - 19, 1990 Decided June 27, 1991 Full case name: Lavigne v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union Citations: [1991] 2 S.C.R. 211 Prior history: Holding Court membership Chi..
Lavigny
Lavigny is the name of several places: in France:*Lavigny, a commune of the Jura départementin Switzerland:*Lavigny, a Swiss commune in the canton of Vaud This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, ..
Lavigny, Vaud
Lavigny is a municipality in the district of Morges of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. External link http://www.lavigny.ch ..
Lavik
Lavik is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was created as Lavik formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. In 1858 the district of Klævold was separated from Lavik to constitute A municipality of its own. The split left Lavik with 2.042 inhabitants. In 1861 Lavik was merged with Bre..
Lavik og Brekke
Lavik og Brekke is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was created in 1861 as a merger between the municipalities Lavik and Brekke, which were located on the northern and southern side of the Sognefjord respectively. Before the merger Lavik had 926 inhabitants and Brekke 89..
Lavin
For other uses, see Lavin (disambiguation). Lavin is a municipality of the canton of Graubünden, eastern Switzerland, situated in the Kreis (subdistrict) of Sur Tasna of the administrative district of Inn. ..
Lavina, Montana
Lavina is a town in Golden Valley County, Montana, United States. The population was 209 at the 2000 census. Geography Lavina is located at [46°17′42″N, 108°56′23″W] (46.295130, -108.939684)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, t..
Lavina Fielding Anderson
Lavina Fielding Anderson (born in 1944) is a Latter Day Saint scholar, writer, editor, and feminist. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington. Her editing credits include Sisters in Spirit: Mormon Women in Historical and Cultural Perspective (1987) and Tending the Garden: ..
Lavington, New South Wales
Lavington is a northern suburb of Albury, New South Wales, Australia about 20 km squared in area and a population of about 15 000 people. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Sport4 Schools History Before European settlement, Indigenous Australians who lived in the area were Wiradj..
Lavington Sports Ground
Lavington Sports Ground is an Australian Rules Football stadium located in Albury, Australia. The capacity of the venue is 20,000. ..
Lavinia
In Roman mythology, Lavinia was the daughter of Latinus and Amata. Latinus, the wise king of the Latins, hosted Aeneas' army of exiled Trojans and let them reorganize their life in Latium. His daughter Lavinia had been promised to Turnus, king of the Rutuli, but Latinus preferred to offer her to A..
Lavínia
Lavínia is a municipality (município) in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [21°10′06″S, 51°02′23″W]. The population in 2004 is 4,974, the area is 540.88 km² The elevation is 458 m. ..
Lavinia (genus)
Lavinia is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of one or two species native to western North America. While there is little doubt as to the membership of the hitch L. exilicauda, the position of the closely-related California roach is less clear. While FishBase records it as Hesperoleucus symmetr..
Lavinia Arguelles
Lavinia Arguelles is a fictional character portrayed by Angelika dela Cruz in the ABS-CBN sineserye "Bituing Walang Ningning". In the original movie Lavinia was played by Cherie Gil who uttered one of the most memorable lines in Philippine cinema history, "You're nothing but a second rate, trying h..
Lavinia Crosse
Lavinia Crosse founded the Community of All Hallows in Ditchingham in 1855. She was the daughter of the famous Norwich surgeon, John Green Crosse. Sources [Lavinia Crosse and Community of All Hallows] ..
Lavinia exilicauda
The hitch Lavinia exilicauda is a cyprinid fish endemic to central California, and once very common. The name is derived from the Pomo peoples' word for this species. The hitch shape is deep and laterally compressed, with a small head, and a terminal mouth pointing upwards. They are generally si..
Lavinia Fenton
Lavinia Paulet, Duchess of Bolton (1708 - 24 January 1760), known by her stagename as Lavina Fenton, was an English actress. She was probably the daughter of a naval lieutenant named Beswick, but she bore the name of her mother's husband. Her first appearance was as Monimia in Otways Orphans, in 17..
Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Lavinia Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, LG, CBE (22 March 1916–10 December 1995) was a British noblewoman, most notable for her marriage to the 16th Duke of Norfolk, and her subsequent proximity to the Royal Family. From 1975 to her death in 1995, she was Lord Lieutenant of West Sus..
Lavinia Fontana
Lavinia Fontana (August 24 1552-August 11 1614) was an Italian portrait-painter. Contents 1 Biography2 Partial List of Works3 Related links4 References Biography Lavinia Fontana was the daughter of the painter Prospero Fontana, who was a leading painter of the School of Bolog..
Lavinia Gelineau
(October 16, 1979-April 1, 2005) was the Romanian-born widow of a Maine National Guard Soldier, Christopher Gelineau , who was killed when a roadside bomb destroyed his Humvee on April 20, 2004. Lavi was devoted to Chris and when he was killed, she sunk into a deep depression and felt she'd never ..
Lavinia Miloşovici
Lavinia Miloşovici (born October 21, 1976 in Lugoj) is a Romanian Olympic gymnast. Miloşovici, known as "Milo" in the gymnastics community, was considered Romania's top gymnast of the 1990s - with an impressive 19 World Championship and Olympic medals. She is probably best remembered for her pe..
Lavinia Ryves
Lavinia Jannetta Horton Ryves, née Lavinia Serres (March 16, 1797 - December 7, 1871), falsely claimed to be a member of the British royal family, calling herself "Princess Lavinia of Cumberland". Born in Liverpool, England, Lavinia was the daughter of Olivia Serres and John Thomas Serres. Mrs Ser..
Lavinia Warren
Lavinia Warren (1841 - 1919) was an American dwarf and the wife of General Tom Thumb. She was born at Middleborough, Massachusetts, a descendant of a French family named Bonpasse. Under the management of showman P. T. Barnum her name was changed from Mercy Lavinia Bumpus. She was married to T..
Lavinio
Lavinio is a small beach side tourist town in Lazio, Italy that is located on the site of the ancient settlement of Lavinium. Lavinio is located about 50 km from Rome. Lavinio has a wide sandy beach. Located near Lavinio is the regional park of Tor Caldara. During the 2nd World War, many allied sol..
Lavinium
Lavinium was an ancient Roman city of Latium. According to Roman mythology the city was named by Aeneas in honor of Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, king of the Latins, and his wife, Amata. Aeneas reached Italy and there fought a war against Turnus, the leader of the local Rutuli people. He did not fo..
Lavin (disambiguation)
Lavin is a municipality in Switzerland. Lavin may also refer to: Christine Lavin, a singerFranklin L. Lavin, a United States politicianJoaquín Lavín, a Chilean politicianLinda Lavin, an actressMary Lavin, an Irish novelistRodolfo Lavin, a Mexican race car driver This is a [disambiguationdi..
Laviolette Bridge
Laviolette Bridge (in French, le pont Laviolette) is an arch bridge connecting the city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada to Bécancour on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River via Autoroute 55. Contents 1 Overview2 History3 Specifications4 References5 See also ..
Lavity Stoutt
Hamilton Lavity Stoutt was the longest serving Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands, serving three terms from 1967 to 1971, again from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1986 until his death in 1995. After his death in 1995, a public holiday was declared in his memory on his birthday, 7th March, o..
Lavitz Slambert
Lavitz Slambert is a fictional character and the first person to join your party in the turn-based RPG for the PlayStation, The Legend of Dragoon. He is in your party in Chapter 1: "Serdian War" only. He is 21 years old and the Head of the First Knighthood of the Duchy of Basil, the northern sec..
Lavizan-Shian
Lavizan-Shian is an undeclared nuclear site northeastern Tehran, Iran. The site has been under investigation by the International Atomic Energy Agency since 2003 as a potential undeclared nuclear site. On May 13th 2006, it was reported that U.N. inspectors had found traces of highly enriched uraniu..
Lavocatia
Lavocatia is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. It was a member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, and lived alongside of dinosaurs. Like most Mesozoic mammals, it was a shrewish-sized animal. It's in the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Pinheirodontidae. The..
Lavochkin
Lavochkin (OKB-301) was a Soviet aircraft OKB (design bureau), now defunct, named for its head designer, Semyon Lavochkin. It gained distinction for its family of piston-engined fighter aircraft during World War II, and later shifted to missile designs. The bureau was closed in 1960 upon its head d..
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-1
LaGG-1 The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-1 (Лавочкин-Горбунов-Гудков ЛаГГ-1) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. Although not very successful, it formed the basis for a series of aircraft that would eventually become some of the most formidable Soviet fi..
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-3
The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-3 (Лавочкин-Горбунов-Гудков ЛаГГ-3) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a refinement of the earlier LaGG-1, and was one of the most modern aircraft available to the Soviet Air Force at the time of Germany's invasion. ..
Lavochkin La-11
The Lavochkin La-11 (NATO reporting name Fang) was an early post-World War II long-range piston-engined Soviet fighter aircraft. Contents 1 Development2 Operational history3 Users4 Specifications (La-11)5 References6 External links7 Related content Development..
Lavochkin La-126
Lavochkin La-126 was a World War II Soviet prototype piston-engined fighter aircraft. Contents 1 Development2 Specifications (La-126)3 References4 Related content Development Despite its superb performance, Lavochkin La-7 fighter had a major drawback -- much of its airframe ..
Lavochkin La-15
La-15 The Lavochkin La-15 (NATO reporting name 'Fantail') was an early Soviet jet fighter and a contemporary of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. Contents 1 Development2 Specifications (La-15)2.1 General characteristics2.2 Performance2.3 Armament2.4 Operators3 ..
Lavochkin La-168
The Lavochkin La-168 (NATO reporting name unknown, if any) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR. It was designed in response to a 1946 request for a new swept-wing jet fighter capable of transonic speeds. As a single seat fighter with swept flight surfaces and an engine behind the pilot, it wa..
Lavochkin La-200
The Lavochkin La-200 was a Soviet all-weather jet fighter aircraft which first flew in 1949. Lavochkin La-200 The design used two turbojet engines arranged one behind the other in the fuselage, with the exhaust pipe of the forward engine located below the wings. Specifications (La-200B) ..
Lavochkin La-250
Lavochkin La-250 "Anakonda" was a 1950s Soviet high-altitude interceptor aircraft prototype. Contents 1 Development2 Specifications (La-250A)3 References4 Related content Development By mid-1950s, it became obvious that subsonic cannon-armed fighters like Yakovlev Yak-25 w..
Lavochkin La-5
The Lavochkin La-5 (Лавочкин Ла-5) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a development and refinement of the LaGG-3 and was one of the Soviet Air Force's most capable types of warplane. Contents 1 Development1.1 Flying the La-5FN1.2 Operators2 Speci..
Lavochkin La-7
Lavochkin La-7 This article is about the WW2 Soviet airplane. For the Italian television station, see La7. The Lavochkin La-7 (Лавочкин Ла-7) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the last in a family of aircr..
Lavochkin La-9
Lavochkin La-9 The Lavochkin La-9 (NATO reporting name Fritz) was an early post-World War II Soviet fighter aircraft. Contents 1 Development2 Variants3 Users4 Specifications (La-9)5 References6 External links7 Related content Development La-9 represents ..
Lavoisier (crater)
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Lavoisier Island
Lavoisier Island is an island 18 miles long and 5 miles wide, lying between Rabot and Watkins Islands in the Biscoe Islands. It is named Isla Serrano by Chile and isla Mitre by Argentina. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named "Ile Nansen" ..
Lavolta
The lavolta (plural: lavoltas) is an anglicized name for a Renaissance dance for couples from the later Renaissance. This dance was associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music. Its main figure consisted of a turn and lift in a sort of closed position, which could be done either t..
Lavon, Texas
For other meanings of "Lavon", see Lavon (disambiguation). Lavon is a town in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 387 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography Lavon is located at [33°1′36″N, 96..
Lavondyss
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Lavonia, Georgia
Lavonia is a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,827 at the 2000 census. Geography Lavonia is located at [34°26′10″N, 83°6′23″W] (34.436055, -83.106270)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the c..
Lavon (disambiguation)
Lavon may mean: Lavon, Texas, a suburb of Dallas in Collin County, TexasLake Lavon, an artificial lake in Collin County, TexasPinhas Lavon, Defense Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955Lavon Affair, an Israeli political scandal named for Pinhas Lavon This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation]..
Lavon Affair
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Lavon Heidemann
Lavon Heidemann (born October 24, 1958) is a member of the Nebraska Legislature. Born in Pawnee City, e graduated from Elk Creek High School in 1977. He was a farmer and a member of the Elk Creek Public Schools Board of Education, and currently is a member of the Local fire district board, and ..
Lavos
Lavos's outer shell. Lavos is the main antagonist in the console role-playing game Chrono Trigger. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Lavos is a parasitic alien who fell from the skies in 65,000,000 B.C., its impact resulting in an ice age and its ..
Lavosh
A round, thin, crisp bread that`s also known as Armenian cracker bread. It comes in a soft version, as well as in various sizes, ranging from about 6 to 14 inches in diameter. Lahvosh is available in Middle Eastern markets, Seasons at Rose Creek and most supermarkets. It`s the bread used to make the..
Lavoslav Ružička
Lavoslav (Leopold) Ružička (September 13, 1887 – September 26, 1976) was a winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the first one from Croatia. He holds eight honorary doctorates (4 Science, 2 Medicine, 1 Natural Sciences, 1 Law), 7 prizes and medals, and 24 honorary memberships in chemical, bioc..
Lavoura Arcaica (To the left of the father)
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Lavours
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Lavra
Alexander Nevsky Lavra In Orthodox Christianity Lavra or Laura (Greek: Λάυρα; Cyrillic: Ла́вра) originally meant a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the center. The term originates from Greek where it means "a passage" or "an alley..
Lavras
Lavras is a city and municipality in Southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 900 mts, it has an approximate population of 80,000 inhabitants. The area of the municipality is 566.1 Km². The average annual temperature is 19.4ºC and the average annual rainfall is 1,529.7 ml. ..
Lavra Babič
Lavra Babič (born January 1, 1987 in Brezje) is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia, who participated for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Reference [Slovenian Swimming Federation] ..
Lavrentis Dianellos
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Lavrentiy Beria
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Lavrenty Zagoskin
Lavrenty Alekseyevich Zagoskin (1808 - 1890) was a Russian naval officer and explorer of Alaska. Zagoskin was born in 1808 in the Russian district of Penza in a village named Nikolayevka. Even though Nikolayevka was not near the ocean, Zagoskin would eventually train for the Russian Navy and se..
Lavreotiki
Lavreotiki is a municipality of the Greek prefecture of Attica. Its municipal seat is Laurium. ..
Lavrinhas
Lavrinhas is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [22°34′15″S, 44°54′08″W]. The population in 2004 is 6,692, the area is 167.38 km² The elevation is 508 m. ..
Lavr Georgevich Kornilov
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Russian: Лавр Георгиевич Корнилов) (August 18, 1870–April 13, 1918) was a Russian army general best known for the Kornilov Affair, an unsuccessful military coup he staged against Kerensky's Provisional Government during the 1917 Russian Revo..
Lavr Proskuryakov
Lavr Dmitrievich Proskuryakov (August 18, 1858 — September 14, 1926) was a leading bridge builder of Imperial Russia. Proskuryakov was responsible for many bridges constructed along the Trans-Siberian Railway, including the one crossing the Kotorosl River in Yaroslavl (1896), another spanning..
Lavukaleve language
Lavukaleve is one of the four Central Solomons languages of the Solomon Islands. It is thus assumed to be the descendant of the languages spoken in the Solomon Islands before the spread of the much more numerous Austronesian languages. The name Lavukaleve derives from the ethnonym Lavukal. The Lavu..
Lavumisa
Lavumisa is a town located in the Shiselweni district of southern Swaziland. ..
Lavvu
The lavvu is a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia. It has a design similar to a Native American tepee but it is less vertical and more stable in high winds. It enables the indigenous cultures of the treeless plains of northern Scandinavia and the high arctic of Eurasi..
LAV 25
The LAV-25 is armed with the M242 25mm chain gun, and two M240 machine guns A United States Marine Corps LAV-25 LAV-25 is an eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) based on the Mowag Piranha family of armoured fighting vehicles used by the United States Marine Corps. Powered by ..
LAV III
New Zealand LAV IIIs The LAV III AV is the latest in General Motors' Light armoured vehicle line. It is the primary mechanized infantry vehicle of the Canadian Armed Forces and New Zealand military. The United States Army uses a very similar, more lightly armed vehicle, the Stryker. It is an 8..
Lav pivo
Lav pivo (lion beer) is the name of a beer brand in Serbia with notable popularity. It is produced by the Pivara Čelarevo (Brewery Čelarevo), situated in the village of Čelarevo, Bačka Palanka municipality. ..
La vache qui pleure
La vache qui pleure is a 2003 album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. It is the sisters' second full album of French language songs, following 1980's Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse. (Many of the sisters' other albums include one or two French songs as well.) The album does, however, include one Engli..
La vache qui tache
La vache qui tache, ("The Cow Who Stains") is a party game for any number of players, originally started in France with a definite history that has been lost in the mists of time. The only prop required is a cork, one end of which has been blackened in a candle flame. Assign each player a number. P..
La Vacquerie
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La Vale, Maryland
La Vale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,613 at the 2000 census. Geography La Vale is located at [39°39′17″N, 78°48′46″W] (39.654737, -78.812691)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United ..
La Valette-du-Var
La Valette-du-Var is a commune in the département of Var and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It is located in the metropolitan Communauté d'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée, and is northeast of the city of Toulon. In the 1999 census, La Valette-du-Var had a populatio..
La Valle, Wisconsin
La Valle is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, along the Baraboo River. The population was 326 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of La Valle. Geography La Valle is located at [43°34′59″N, 90°7′53″W] (43.583102, -90.131648)[Geographic references#1G..
La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Vallée-de-l'Or (The Golden Valley) is a Regional County Municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its Gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River valleys. It is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Communities Abitibi..
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (The Valley of the Gatineau) is a Regional County Municipality in western Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Gracefield. It is named for its location straddled along the Gatineau River north of Low. It is located in the Outaouais region of Quebec. Subdivisions Towns Grac..
La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec
La Valée-du-Richelieu (The Valley of the Richelieu) is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the Richelieu River as the river makes its way from Lake Champlain in the United States north to the Saint Lawrence River northeast of Montreal, Canada at Sorel, Queb..
La Vallée (district)
For the town in France, see La Vallée, Charente-Maritime. La Vallée is a district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The district includes the three municipalities in the Vallée de Joux. The seat of the district is the village of Le Sentier. The following municipalities are located within t..
La Valle (town), Wisconsin
La Valle is a town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,203 at the 2000 census. The Village of La Valle is located within the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 91.5 km² (35.3 mi²). 88.6 km² (34.2 mi²) of it is ..
La Valse
La Valse, une poème choréographique was written by Maurice Ravel in February 1919-1920, after Ravel's return from World War I. This piece, although commonly referred to as being a tribute to the waltz, it is infact a scathing reflection of post-WWI Europe. Contents 1 Creation and Meanin..
La Valse à Mille Temps
Contents 1 Alternative album titles2 Track listing3 Personnel4 External links Alternative album titles Jacques Brel's recordings have been released in many different permutations, in different countries, and on different formats. Furthermore, releases of Brel's recordings are..
La Valse des Monstres
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La Vang
Our Lady of La Vang is a Catholic sanctuary in Vietnam, where a vision of the Virgin Mary was seen in 1798. The site has been rebuilt on several occasions and is an important site of pilgrimage for Catholics in Vietnam. External links http://www.asianews.it/dos.php?l=en&dos=28&art=1275 ..
La Vanguardia
La Vanguardia is a newspaper based in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). Contents 1 History2 Distribution3 Traits4 External link History La Vanguardia's newspaper history began on the 1st February 1881 when two businessmen from Igualada, Carlos and Bartolomé Godó, first publis..
La Vanguardia Airport
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La Varenne
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La Varenne, Maine-et-Loire
La Varenne Country      France Région Pays-de-la-Loire Départment Maine-et-Loire Arrondissement Cholet Canton Champtoceaux INSEE 49360 Postal Code 49270 MayorCurrent Term Bernard STAUB2001-2008 Intercommunality Communauté de Commun..
La Va Bon Train
The La Va Bon Train ("goes like blazes" in French) was a French automobile manufactured by Larroumet and Lagarde of Agen, Lot-et-Garonne between 1904 and 1914. The company had originally been founded in 1891 as a bicycle maker. The two seater, three wheeler featured an iron chassis, wheel steering..
La Vega
''For the municipality in Galicia, Spain, see A Veiga. Statistics Capital:Concepción de La Vega Area:2,287 km² Population (2000 est.):390,314 Population Density:170.7 / km² [[ISO 3166-2:DO|ISO 3166-2]]:DO-13 Map La Vega is a province of the Dominican Republic. Until 1992 it included ..
La Veloz del Norte
La Veloz del Norte is a transportation company from Salta Province, Argentina. External links [Official site] [in Spanish] ..
La venganza sera terrible
La venganza sera terrible (The revenge will be terrible) is a popular radio program in Argentina. It is hosted by Alejandro Dolina. Dolina has two co-hosts: Guillermo Stronatti and Gabriel Rolon. The program began on Radio el Mundo with the title "Demasiado tarde para lágrimas" ("Too late for t..
La Venta
"The Grandmother", La Venta (reproduction) La Venta is the name of a Pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization. The site is located in the Mexican state of Tabasco at [18°07′N 94°03′W]. Contents 1 Overview2 Major features of La Venta3 Monumen..
La Venta, Francisco Morazán
La Venta is a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morazán. La Venta Francisco Morazan o La venta del sur es un municipio del departamento de Francisco Morazan y esta ubicada al sur del departamento y a 52 kilometros sobre la carretera panamericana,para poder accesar al municipio d..
La Verendrye (electoral district)
La Verendrye is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1879, and has existed since that time. La Verendrye is located southeastern region of Manitoba. It is bordered to the south by Emerson and Steinbach, to the west by Morris a..
La Verendrye Provincial Park
For the similarly named park in Quebec, see: La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve. La Verendrye Provincial Park ..
La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve
For the similarly named park in Ontario, see: La Verendrye Provincial Park. La Vérendrye wildlife reserve is one of the largest reserves in the province of Québec, Canada, covering 13,615 square kilometers of contiguous land and lake area (Assinica wildlife reserve is the largest in the province, ..
La Vergne
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La Vergne, Tennessee
La Vergne is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 18,687 at the 2000 census. La Vergne lies within the Nashville metropolitan area. La Vergne has traditionally been a working-class industrial town, especially since the establishment of the "Interchange City" ind..
La Verkin, Utah
La Verkin is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,392 at the 2000 census. Geography La Verkin is located at [37°12′49″N, 113°16′0″W] (37.213615, -113.266802)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, ..
La Verna
La Verna is an isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated in the centre of the Tuscan Appenines, and rising about 4000 feet above the valley of the Casentino, in the Tuscan province of Arezzo and the comune of Chiusi della Verna. Its name (in Latin Alverna) is sai..
La Verne, California
Location map of La Verne La Verne is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,638 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography La Verne, originally called Lordsburg, named for founde..
La Vernia, Texas
La Vernia is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The population was 931 at the 2000 census. Geography La Vernia is located at [29°21′19″N, 98°7′5″W] (29.355187, -98.118122)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city..
La Vespière
La Vespière is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14290. The INSEE code is 14740. Population: 981Area: 8.65 km²Elevation: 135 mCanton: Orbec ..
La vestale
La vestale (The Vestal Virgin) is an opera composed by Gaspare Spontini to a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy. It was first performed at the Paris Opéra in Paris on December 15, 1807. La vestale is a famous opera in historical terms but is only very infrequently performed. There are several reco..
La Veta, Colorado
La Veta is a town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The population was 924 at the 2000 census. Geography La Veta is located at [37°30′28″N, 105°0′29″W] (37.507681, -105.008038)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
La Via Lactea
'La Via Lactea' is a classic bar placed in Malasaña, one of the most trendy areas of Madrid. There you can listen a lot of styles, from 1970s rock to 1960s funky, 1980s punky and much more. The people who usually goes there is open minded and quite cool. --> ..
La Vibora
La Vibora is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. This is one of Intamin AG’s Bobsled coasters, commonly known as the Swiss Bob. In keeping with the Texas location the theme was changed from an alpine bobsled ride to a snake theme. The name “La Vibora�..
La Victoria
La Victoria is Spanish for "The Victory". It is the name of a number of places: Colombia La Victoria, Colombia, a municipality in Valle del Cauca departmentLa Victoria, Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo Province Paraguay La Victoria District, Paraguay Peru La Victoria District, Lima Spain La Vict..
La Victoria, Texas
La Victoria is a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,683 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography La Victoria is located at [26°20′22″N, 98°38′28″W] (2..
La Victoria, Venezuela
La Victoria is a town in Aragua state, Venezuela. It is famous for the independence battle of 12 February 1814, where José Félix Ribas led a young and inexperienced army that succeeded in halting the royalist troops of Boves at La Victoria. Venezuela celebrates "Youth Day" every 12 February in La..
La Victoria de Acentejo
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La Victoria District, Lima
La Victoria is a district of the Lima Province in Peru and one of the districts that comprise the city of Lima. La Victoria borders downtown Lima on the northwest, the district of Lince on the west, San Isidro on the southwest, San Borja on the south, San Luis on the east, and El Agustino on the n..
La Victoria District, Paraguay
La Victoria is a district in Alto Paraguay. ..
La vida breve
La vida breve (Life is Short, also: The Brief Life) is an opera in two acts by Manuel de Falla to an original Spanish libretto by Carlos Fernández-Shaw. First performance: Casino Municipale, Nice, 1913. ..
La Vida es Silbar
Film Description Life Is to Whistle (La Vida es Silbar) tells the stories of three end-of-the millennium Cubans, whose lives intersect on the Day of Santa Barbara (the African Saint Chango, ruler of destinies). Mariana, a ballerina, ponders breaking chastity vows she made to land the coveted role o..
La vida es sueño
La vida es sueño (Life is a Dream) is a comedy written by Spanish playwright Pedro Calderón de la Barca; it is perhaps his most well-known work. The central argument is the conflict between free will and fate. Contents 1 Synopsis2 Plot2.1 Act 1 (Day 1)2.2 Act 2 (Day 2)2.3&n..
La Vieille Taupe
La Vieille Taupe is a publishing house in Paris known for antisemitic and Holocaust denial literature. History The name means Old Mole and comes from a communist conception of the maturation of social forces beneath the surface of society which eventually erupt in revolutionary movements. The boo..
La Vieja River
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La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme (French: the Bohemian life) is a song in the musical RENT. The second part of this song (La Vie Boheme B) ends the first act of the show. In between the two halves of the song is an interlude (I Should Tell You) with Roger and Mimi. The song is a celebration of bohemianism, especial..
La Vie Boheme B
La Vie Boheme B (French: "the bohemian life") is a song in the musical RENT. This is the second part of this song (the first is La Vie Boheme)and it ends the first act of the show. In between the two halves of the song is an interlude with Roger and Mimi. The song is a celebration of Bohemia, esp..
La Vie Claire
La Vie Claire was a professional road bicycle racing team, named after its chief sponsor. It was created in 1984 by Bernard Tapie and directed by Paul Koechli. The team included legendary 5 time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault, and three time Tour winner Greg LeMond, as well as the formidable ..
La vie comme elle vient (Lapinot)
La vie comme elle vient (unofficial English translation: Life as it comes) is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey (Les formidables aventures de Lapinot in the original French language), by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. It was first released in 2004 as volume..
La Vie de Bohème
La Vie de Bohème is an often-adapted story first appearing in Henri Murger's magazine articles in the early 1800s. These were turned into a play, La Vie de Bohème, in 1849, and later were compiled into the book Scènes de la Vie de Bohème (Paris, 1851). It has also been made into several operati..
La Vie de Marianne
La Vie de Marianne is an unfinished novel by Pierre de Marivaux. The novel was written in sections, eleven of which appeared between 1731 and 1745. A Continuation was produced by Madame Riccoboni, but this too is incomplete. ..
La vie en rose
"La vie en rose" (French for "life in pink") is the signature song of French singer Édith Piaf. Piaf first popularized the song in 1946. The lyrics were written by Piaf herself and the song by "Louiguy" (Louis Gugliemi). Initially, Piaf's peers and her songwriting team did not think the song wou..
La Vie en Rose (Gundam)
La Vie en Rose Fast Facts Ship TypeSpace Dock Ship/Testing Platform Operator:Anaheim Electronics Launched:Universal Century 00?? General Characteristics Length:618 meters Weight:98,935 metric tons Armament:none Mobile Suit Complement:none Mobile Suit Contigent:RX-78GP03 Gundam "Dendrobium Orchis"..
La Vie Parisienne
La Vie Parisienne was a popular magazine in France at the turn-of-the-twentieth century. ..
La Vie Sur Terre
La Vie Sur Terre (Life on Earth) is a 1998 Malian comedy film/drama film written and directed by, and starring Abderrahmane Sissako. It is set in the village of Sokolo and depicts rural life on the eve of the 21st century. Runtime is 61 minutes. The film earned Sissako awards at the Fribourg Intern..
La Vila Joiosa
250px La Vila Joiosa or Villajoyosa (in Spanish) is a Valencian coastal town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 59.2 km2 and, according to the 2002 census, a total population of 25,073 inhabitants. It is the historic and administrat..
La Villa, Texas
La Villa is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,305 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography La Villa is located at [26°17′53″N, 97°55′37″W] (26.298093, -97.926927)[G..
La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple
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La Villette, Calvados
La Villette is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14570. The INSEE code is 14756. Administrative Population: 153Area: 9.74 km²Elevation: 260 mCanton: Thury-Harcourt ..
La Ville d'Archangel
La Ville d'Archangel was a 600 ton ship. It left St. Malo, France on August 12, 1785, transporting 303 Acadians to Louisiana. It ran aground at Balize, and landed at New Orleans on December 3, 1785. Fifteen passengers died en route. External links History and passenger manifest. [link] ..
La Violencia
Colombian conflict ''' General Overview: Armed Conflict Plan Colombia Guerillas: FARC-EP'' ELN EPL Paramilitaries: AUC Paramilitarism Former groups: AAA M19 MOEC Historical Events: Santa Marta Massacre (1928) La Violencia Marquetalia Republic Dominican embassy (1980) ..
La violetera / Le torrent / Gitane / Fado
Contents 1 Track listing1.1 Track listing (45t simple version)1.1.1 La violetera [1956, #60054Σ.1.2 Le torrent [1956, #60055] Track listing La violeteraLe torrentGitaneFado Track listing (45t simple version) La violetera [1956, #60054] La violete..
La virgen de los sicarios
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La Virtud
La Virtud is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. ..
La Visite National Park
Parc National La Visite (La Visite National Park) is one of the two national parks of the Republic of Haiti. Located in the southeast of the country, La Visite contains the country's highest mountain, Pic de la Selle, which reaches an altitude of 2,680 meters (8,793 feet). The park covers approximat..
La Vista, Nebraska
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La Vita Nuova
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La voce della luna
La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon) is a 1990 film by Italian director Federico Fellini. It was Fellini's last film before his death in 1993. It was not well received by either critics or audiences. External links Federico Fellini Variety Lights (1950) • The White Sheik (1951) &..
La voie lactee
La voie lactée (The Milky Way) is a film by Luis Bunuel. It stars Laurent Terzieff, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Georges Marchal and Michel Piccoli. External link ..
La Voix du Nord
La Voix du Nord (lit. The Voice of the North) is a regional daily newspaper of the North of France. See also List of newspapers in France External link [La Voix du Nord website] ..
La Voix Est Libre
La Voix Est Libre (English translation: "The Voice Is Free") was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in French by Frédéric Etherlinck. The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following Hungary's Csaba Szigeti with Új Név A Régi Ház Falán and preceding the ..
La voix humaine
La voix humaine (English: The Human Voice) is an opera for one character in one act by Francis Poulenc, to a libretto by Jean Cocteau, based on his play. First performance: Opéra Comique, Salle Favart, Paris, 6 February, 1959. The opera was created for the French soprano, Denise Duval. ..
La Volée d'Castors
La Volée d'Castors (The flight of beavers) is a Quebec folk band formed in 1993. Since the end of the 90s they have gained a lot of fame in Quebec and internationally and have toured 15 countries. Contents 1 Biography2 Members3 Discography4 External links Biography The band..
La Vorágine
La Vorágine (The Vortex) is a novel written in 1924 by José Eustasio Rivera. This novel relates the adventures of Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, as they elope from Bogotá, through the flatlands and tropical jungles of Colombia. In this way Rivera is able to describe the magic of these region..
La Voz
Many media outlets use the name La Voz including: La Voz, Phoenix, ArizonaLa Voz, Santa Rosa, California This 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 ..
La Voz, Phoenix, Arizona
La Voz is a newspaper produced in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. The newspaper is associated to The Arizona Republic, but it is not a Spanish version of Arizona's largest newspaper. La Voz is also distributed in Tucson, and copies are free. La Voz is geared towards Hispanic readers, specia..
La Voz de Galicia
La Voz de Galicia is a Galician newspaper from A Coruña. Notable contributors Manuel Rivas ..
La Voz Dominicana
La Voz Dominicana was the official radio and television station of the Dominican Republic during the regime of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. The regime lasted for more than 30 years. The station used to hold yearly fairs in which international artists were invited to participate. New apartments, cars an..
La Voz Hispana de Virginia
La Voz Hispana de Virginia magazine is the only Hispanic magazine in the U.S. state of Virginia and was recognized in 2005 as the "best Latino publication in the state" by Governor Mark Warner. Varied topics of interest are covered in both English and Spanish from cultural, arts, and music events to..
La Vuache
La Vuache is a range of hills in southeastern France, close to the border with Switzerland (the nearest city is in fact Geneva). To the north lies the Jura and to the south the Alps. At their northern end, the hills drop steeply down to the River Rhone. The Vuache Tunnel, carrying the A40 Geneva to..
Lía Victoria Borrero González
Born in her hometown, Las Tablas, the capital of the Los Santos province, Panama, a city known for the beauty of its women and its famous carnivals. She is no strange to the beauty pageant family, because her mother, Lía Victoria González, was queen of the Las Tablas carnival. By early 1996, s..
Ólavsøka
Ólavsøka - Horses on parade. Ólavsøka - Clergymen and politicians on parade Ólavsøka is a national holiday of the Faroe Islands. It is the day when Løgting, the Faroese Parliament, opens its session - July 29. The literal meaning is St. Olaf's Wake or vigilia sancti Olavi in Lati..
Ólavur Riddararós
Ólavur Riddararós is a single by the Faroese Folk / Viking Metal band Týr. It was released in October 2002 by Tutl. Track listing Ólavur Riddararós (04:36)Stýrisvolurin (06:45) Members Allan Streymoy - Vocals Terji Skibenæs - Guitar Heri Joensen - Guitar Gunnar H. Thomsen - Bass Kári Stre..

 

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