Lai or LAI may refer to:
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Austrian Latin America Institute (Österreichisches Lateinamerika-Institut)
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Latin American Idol'', TV series
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La Trobe Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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Leaf area index, leaf area of a crop or vegetation per unit ground area
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Liga Atlética Interuniversitaria de Puerto Rico
The Inter-university Athletic League, often abbreviated LAI, is a college athletics conference in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The LAI is a non-profit organization whose main purpose is to regulate sports amongst its member institutions ...
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Location Area Identity
Places
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Lai (state) (萊), 6th-century BC state in present-day Shandong, China
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Bolyu language, also known as Lai
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Laï
Laï ( ar, لادي) is a city in Chad. It lies on the Logone River and is the capital of the region of Tandjilé. The town is served by Laï Airport. History
This city is notable for the Battle of Lai during World War I
World War I ...
, city in Chad
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, places in Iran
* Lai, village in
Lum Choar, Cambodia
* ''Lai'', Romansch name for
Lenzerheide, a village in Switzerland
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Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport
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Francis Lai (1932–2018), French composer
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Valentino Lai
Valentino Lai (born 3 February 1984) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Italy, Lai represented Sweden internationally.
Club career
Born in Cagliari, Italy, Lai started his career playing for Swedish club FBK Balkan at you ...
(born 1984), Swedish football player
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Lai (surname)
Lai () is a common Chinese surname that is pronounced similarly in both Mandarin and Hakka dialects. The meaning of the character used in the Lai (賴) surname is "depend on; trust in; rely on". Conversely the words, 无赖 literally translate ...
黎丶賴, Chinese surname
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Lí (surname 黎)
Lí () is a Chinese surname. It mostly appears in Central and South China (including Hong Kong and Macao) where it is transliterated as Lai or Lye (from Cantonese).
It is around the 81st most common in Mainland China.
In Vietnam, it is spelled ...
, Lai in Cantonese
Other
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Battle of Lai, during World War I
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Lai people
Strictly speaking, Lai are the people belonging to the Lai Autonomous District Council of Mizoram. Outside this area they are scattered in Mizoram and many Lai people in Mizoram more than LADC area Lai people outside LADC area some Lai people pre ...
, ethnic group of Mizoram, North East India
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Lai languages
The Lai languages or Pawih/Pawi languages are various Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages spoken by the Lai people or Pawi. They include “ Laiṭong” ( Falam-Chin) spoken in Falam district, ''Laiholh'' ( Hakha-Chin) spoken around the Haka (Hakha ...
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''Lai'' (poetic form) or Lay, song form in medieval France
See also
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Lais (disambiguation)
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