LAV or Lav may refer to:
Persons
* Lav, an alternative name for
Lava (''Ramayana''), a son of the Hindu deity Rama and his wife Sita, whose story is told in the ''Ramayana''
* Lav, translation in some Slavic languages of the name
Lev
*
Luis Antonio Valencia
Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera, known as Antonio Valencia (; born 4 August 1985), is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played primarily as a right-sided player throughout his career, initially as a right winger, before developin ...
, Manchester United winger
*
Lav (singer), the stage name of American singer-songwriter Kalea Little.
Science and technology
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Lavalier microphone
A lavalier microphone or lavalier (also known as a lav, lapel mic, clip mic, body mic, collar mic, neck mic or personal mic) is a small microphone used for television, theater, and public speaking applications to allow hands-free operation. They a ...
, a small microphone with a clip for attaching to clothing
* software packages for encoding and decoding video and audio files:
** LAV Filters, a set of open-source DirectShow filters based on
FFmpeg
**
Libav, a free software project forked from FFmpeg
**
libavcodec, an audio/video codec library provided by FFmpeg and Libav
* Live
Attenuated vaccine, a vaccine with weakened but still living pathogen
* Load average, the average of
Load (computing)
* Local As View, a view-based query answering approach to
data integration
* Lymphadenopathy-associated virus, a former name for
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)
Vehicles
*
Leisure activity vehicle, a car classification
* Light Armored Vehicle, another term for
Armored car (military)
A military armored (or armoured) car is a lightweight wheeled armored fighting vehicle, historically employed for reconnaissance, internal security, armed escort, and other subordinate battlefield tasks. With the gradual decline of mounted ca ...
*
LAV (armoured vehicle)
The Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) is a series of armoured vehicles built by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a London, Ontario-based subsidiary of General Dynamics. It is a license-produced version of the Mowag Piranha. The LAV f ...
, series of armored vehicles made by General Dynamics Land Systems, Canada
** LAV I, or
Armoured Vehicle General Purpose
The AVGP (Armoured Vehicle General Purpose), later known as the LAV I, is a series of three amphibious armoured fighting vehicles ordered by the Canadian military in the 1970s. The vehicles, named Grizzly, Cougar and Husky respectively, were b ...
6x6
**
LAV II, 8x8 vehicle
***
LAV-25
The LAV-25 is a member of the LAV II family. It is an eight-wheeled amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle built by General Dynamics Land Systems and used by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army.
History
During the 1980s, ...
, used by the United States Marine Corps
**
LAV III
The LAV III, originally named the Kodiak by the Canadian Army, is the third generation of the LAV (Canada), Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) family of armored personnel carriers built by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a London, O ...
, 8x8 vehicle
**
LAV 6, modernization of the LAV III
Transportation lines
*
Línea Aeropostal Venezolana, an airline of Venezuela
* ''Líneas de Alta Velocidad'', Spanish
high-speed rail
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail system that runs significantly faster than traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines ...
way lines
**
Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line
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Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line
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Madrid–León high-speed rail line
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Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network
The Madrid–Levante high-speed network is a network of high-speed rail lines that connects Madrid with the Mediterranean coast of the Levante Region, specifically with Castilla-La Mancha, the Valencian Community and the Murcia Region autonomo ...
**
Córdoba–Málaga high-speed rail line
**
Antequera–Granada high-speed rail line
Other uses
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Lav, Iran
Lav ( fa, لاو, also Romanized as Lāv; also known as Lū) is a village in Talkhuncheh Rural District, in the Central District of Mobarakeh County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...
, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
*
Lav pivo, a beer brand in Serbia
* ''
The Last American Virgin'', a 1982 film
*
Let America Vote, a political action organization fighting voter suppression
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