Lys or LYS may refer to:
Places
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Les Lys
The Chablis region of Burgundy is classified according to four tiers of ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) designation. The top two are the crus of Chablis and include the 7 Grand cru vineyards followed by the lower Premier crus. Wines ...
, a Premier cru vineyard in Chablis
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Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Lyon-Saint Exupéry), formerly known as ''Lyon Satolas Airport'' , is the international airport of Lyon, the third-biggest city in France and an important transport facility for the e ...
, France (by IATA code)
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Lys (department)
Lys (, nl, Leie) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the river Lys (Leie). It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of L ...
, a ''département'' during the First French Empire, now in Belgium
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Lys (Dora Baltea)
The Lys (Walser German: ''Liisu'' or ''Lyesu'') is a small river (classified as a '' torrente'').
Geography
It flows from the Lys Glacier on the south side of the Monte Rosa massif, at the foot of Vincent Pyramid, elevation , and runs through ...
, a stream of Aosta Valley in Italy
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Lys (river)
The Lys () or Leie () is a river in France and Belgium, and a left-bank tributary of the Scheldt. Its source is in Pas-de-Calais, France, and it flows into the river Scheldt in Ghent, Belgium. Its total length is .
Historically a very pollute ...
, a river in France and Belgium
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Lys, Nièvre, a commune in the Nièvre department in France
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Lys, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Lys (; oc, Lo Lis) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
Geography Hydrography
The river , a 12.5 km long tributary of the Béez, passes through the village Lys. Several tributaries of the Landist ...
, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France
*Lys, an old orthography of
Liss
Liss, Lyss or LISS may refer to
*Liss (band), a Danish musical group
*Liss (name), a given name and surname
*Liss, Hampshire, a village in England
**West Liss, the oldest part of Liss village
**Liss Forest, a hamlet near Liss
**Liss Athletic F.C. ...
, Hampshire, England
Science
*''Lys'', an abbreviation for the amino acid
lysine
Lysine (symbol Lys or K) is an α-amino acid that is a precursor to many proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated form under biological conditions), an α-carboxylic acid group (which is in the deprotonated −C ...
*Plural form of the symbol for
light-year
A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (), or 5.88 trillion miles ().One trillion here is taken to be 1012 ...
s
People
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Francis John Lys
Francis John Lys (1863–1947) was a British lecturer and academic administrator. He was Provost of Worcester College, Oxford (1919–46) and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1932 until 1935.
The elder son of F. D. Lys, of Highclere, W ...
(1863–1947), British lecturer and academic administrator
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Jan Lys
Johann Liss or Jan Lys ( or 1597 – 1629 or 1630) was a leading German Baroque painter of the 17th century, active mainly in Venice.
Biography
Liss was born in Oldenburg (Holstein) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. After an initial education i ...
(c. 1590–1629), German painter
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Lya Lys
Lya Lys (born Nathalie Margoulis; May 18, 1908 – June 2, 1986) was a German-born American actress.
Biography
Lya Lys was born in Berlin on May 18, 1908U.S. Naturalization Records August 7, 1933 to a Russian banker and French pediatrician who ...
(1908–1986), German-born actress
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Lys Assia
Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 ...
(1924–2018), Swiss singer
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Lys Mouithys
Dyzaiss-Lys Mouithys Mickalad (born 4 July 1985) is a Congolese footballer who plays for Angoulême CFC
Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a commune, the prefecture of the Charente department, in the N ...
(born 1985), Congolese football player
Other uses
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Battle of the Lys (1918)
The Battle of the Lys, also known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, was fought from 7 to 29 April 1918 and was part of the German spring offensive in Flanders during the First World War. It was originally planned by General Erich Ludendorff as O ...
, a battle of World War I in France in the spring of 1918
*Fleur-de-lys or ''
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural ''fleurs-de-lis'' or ''fleurs-de-lys''), is a lily (in French, and mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively) that is used as a decorative design or symbol.
The fleur-de-lis has been used in the ...
'', a stylized representation of a lily or iris, used in heraldry
* ''Lisans Yerleştirme Sınavı'' (
Student Selection and Placement System), a standardized test for admission to higher education in Turkey
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LYS (sailing)
Svenskt Respitsystem (SRS), formerly known as Leading Yard Stick and Lidingö Yard Stick (LYS). SRS is a semi-empirically based handicapping system used in yacht racing in the Nordic countries. The first version of the handicap system was devel ...
, a sailing handicapping system
*Lys, a key town in Arthur C. Clarke's 1956 book ''
The City and the Stars
''The City and the Stars'' is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1956. This novel is a complete rewrite of his earlier ''Against the Fall of Night'', Clarke's first novel, which had been published in '' Star ...
''
See also
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Liss (disambiguation)
Liss, Lyss or LISS may refer to
* Liss (band), a Danish musical group
*Liss (name), a given name and surname
*Liss, Hampshire, a village in England
**West Liss, the oldest part of Liss village
**Liss Forest, a hamlet near Liss
** Liss Athletic F. ...
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