Lai or LAI may refer to:
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Austrian Latin America Institute
The Austrian Latin America Institute (''Österreichisches Lateinamerika-Institut'', LAI) is an interdisciplinary orientated organisation, aiming at intensifying dialogue and exchange between Austria and Latin America. It was founded as an associati ...
(Österreichisches Lateinamerika-Institut)
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Latin American Idol
''Latin American Idol'' was the Hispanic American edition of the popular British franchise of '' Idols'', well known for its American version ''American Idol''. The show aimed to discover the pop idol of the Hispanic American region. The show was ...
'', 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
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Location Area Identity
Places
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Lai (state)
Lai (), also known as Láiyí (), was an ancient Dongyi state located in what is now eastern Shandong Province, recorded in the '' Book of Xia''. Tang Shanchun () believes ''lái'' means "mountain" in the ancient Yue language (古越语), while t ...
(萊), 6th-century BC state in present-day Shandong, China
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Bolyu language
The Bolyu language (autonym: '; ; also known as Paliu, Palyu, or Lai 俫语, 徕语) is an Austroasiatic language of the Pakanic branch. The Bolyu are among the unrecognized ethnic groups of China.
Classification
Bolyu is related to the Bug ...
, 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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Lai, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran
* Lai, village in
Lum Choar
Lum Choar ( km, លំជ័រ) is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. It contains four villages and has a population of 1,385. In the 2007 commune council elections, three of the commune's five seats went to the Ca ...
, Cambodia
* ''Lai'', Romansch name for
Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein.
The vil ...
, a village in Switzerland
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Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport
Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport or ''Aéroport de Lannion - Côte de Granit'' is an airport located in Lannion, near the former municipality of Servel, a ''commune'' of the Côtes-d'Armor ''département'' in the Brittany ''région'' of France ...
Surname
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Francis Lai
Francis Albert Lai (; 26 April 19327 November 2018) was a French composer, noted for his film scores. He won the 1970 Oscar for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film '' Love Story''. The s ...
(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
The Battle of Laï began on 21 August 1914 in Chad, during the First World War at the village of Laï, capital of the district of Logone, on the Logone River in the south.
A German column from Kamerun
Kamerun was an African colony of the G ...
, 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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