Lais or Laïs may refer to one of the following:

Places

* Lais, Indonesia, a district in the

Musi Banyuasin Regency Musi Banyuasin Regency is a regency of South Sumatra (or Sumatra Selatan) province, in Indonesia. It has a total area of and a population of 561,458 at the 2010 Census and 622,206 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre of Musi Banyuasin Re ...

in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia *

Lais River Lais or Laïs may refer to one of the following: Places * Lais, Indonesia, a district in the Musi Banyuasin Regency in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia * Lais River in Arjeplog Municipality, Sweden * Lais (barony), a former barony and castle n ...

Arjeplog Municipality Arjeplog Municipality (Swedish: ''Arjeplogs kommun'', sme, Arjepluovvi gielda; sje, Árjepluove komuvdna) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Arjeplog. The area, which now is Arjeplog Municipality, ...

, Sweden *

Lais (barony) Laiuse (german: link=no, Lais) is a small borough (') in Estonia. It is located in Jõgeva County and is a part of Jõgeva Parish. As of 2011 census, the settlement's population was 371.Laiuse Middle Schoolis one of the oldest in Estonia, bei ...

, a former barony and castle near Tartu, Estonia *

Dan (biblical city) Dan ( he, דן) is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan. The city is identified with a tell located in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, know ...

, Latin name for Laish, an earlier Biblical name for the city of Dan

People

Lais of Corinth Lais of Corinth ( grc, Λαΐς and Λαΐδα) (fl. 425 BC) was a famous hetaira or courtesan of ancient Greece, who was probably born in Corinth. She shared a name with the younger hetaira Lais of Hyccara; as ancient authors (in their usually ...

(fl. 425 BC), a courtesan *

Lais of Hyccara Lais of Hyccara ( grc, Λαΐς and Λαΐδα) (died 340 BC) was a hetaira (courtesan) of Ancient Greece. She was probably born in Hyccara, Sicily (modern Carini) and died in Thessaly. She was a contemporary of another courtesan with the same name ...

(fl. 385 BC), a courtesan *

Laïs (physician) Laïs and Lais ( grc, Λαῒς) (fl. 1st/2nd century BCE) was an ancient Greek physician and midwife known for her disagreements with Elephantis, and for Pliny's skepticism about the efficacy of her medicine. Pliny wrote about her disagreement with ...

(fl. 1st/2nd century BC), an ancient Greek midwife and physician *

The Lais of Marie de France The ''lais'' of Marie de France are a series of twelve short narrative Breton lais by the poet Marie de France. They are written in Anglo-Norman and were probably composed in the late 12th century, most likely between 1155-1170. The short, narra ...

Laís (footballer) Arthur Antunes de Moraes e Castro (11 November 1899 – 20 December 1963), known as Laís, was a Brazilian footballer. He played in nine matches for the Brazil national football team The Brazil national football team ( pt, Seleção Br ...

, Brazilian footballer

Other

Laïs (band) Laïs is a Flemish group that creates folk, and world music consisting of polyphonic close harmony songs, occasionally a cappella, based on self-composed melodies with lyrics dating back to the Middle Ages. "Laïs" is a Celtic word, meaning " ...

, a musical group * Plural for

Lai (poetic form) A ''lai'' (or ''lay lyrique'', "lyric lay", to distinguish it from a ''lai breton'') is a lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance. ''Lais'' were mainly composed in France and ...

Breton lai A Breton lai, also known as a narrative lay or simply a lay, is a form of medieval French and English romance literature. Lais are short (typically 600–1000 lines), rhymed tales of love and chivalry, often involving supernatural and fairy-wor ...

s, a form of British medieval romance literature * Genus of flowering plants, now considered to be ''

Hippeastrum ''Hippeastrum'' () is a genus of about 90 species and over 600 hybrids and cultivars of perennial herbaceous bulbous plants. They generally have large fleshy bulbs and tall broad leaves, generally evergreen, and large red or purple flowers. ...

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