Louis may refer to:
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Louis (coin)
The Louis d'or () is any number of France, French coins first introduced by Louis XIII in 1640. The name derives from the depiction of the portrait of King Louis on one side of the coin; the French royal coat of arms is on the reverse. The coin ...
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Louis (given name)
Louis is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig and one of two English forms, the other being Lewis ().
Etymology
The name Louis (through the intermediate form Clovis) derives from the Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ ...
, origin and several individuals with this name
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Louis (surname) Louis is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Antoine Louis (1723–1792), French surgeon and physiologist
*Arthur Louis (1945–2014, born as ''Louis Arthur Bulgin''), Jamaican-British musician
*Errol Louis (born 1962), Am ...
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Louis (singer), Serbian singer
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HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
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Lewis (disambiguation)
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Louie (disambiguation)
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Luis (disambiguation)
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Louise (disambiguation)
Louise or Luise may refer to:
* Louise (given name)
Arts Songs
* "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005
* "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984
* "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013
* "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929
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Louisville (disambiguation)
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Louisville may also refer to several places:
Cities and communities
* Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky, a statistical entity corresponding t ...
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Louis Cruise Lines
Celestyal Cruises (formed in 2014) is a succession to Louis Cruises and Louis Cruise Lines. The Cruise line was a subsidiary of Louis plc (Founded in 1935 as the first travel agency in Cyprus) until November 2021 when Searchlight Capital Partners ...
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Louis dressing
Louis dressing is a salad dressing based on mayonnaise, to which red chili sauce, minced green onions, and minced green chili peppers have been added. It is commonly used as a dressing for salads featuring seafood, such as a crab ( Crab Louis ...
, for salad
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Louis Quinze
The Louis XV style or ''Louis Quinze'' (, ) is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign of Louis XV. From 1710 until about 1730, a period known as the Régence, it was largely an extension of the Louis XIV sty ...
, design style
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Chlodwig
Louis is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig and one of two English forms, the other being Lewis ().
Etymology
The name Louis (through the intermediate form Clovis) derives from the Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ ...
, the origin of the name Ludwig, which is translated to English as "Louis"
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Ladislav
Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava.
Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.
Spellings and variations
In Bulgari ...
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László
László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freq ...
- names sometimes erroneously associated with "Louis"
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Ludovic
Ludovic is a given name and has also been a surname.
People with the given name A
* Ludovic Albós Cavaliere (born 1979), Andorran ski mountaineer
* Ludovic Ambruș (born 1946), Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
* Lud ...
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Ludwig,
Ludwick,
Ludwik
Ludwik () is a Polish given name.
Notable people with the name include:
* Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general
* Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist
* Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer playe ...
, names sometimes translated to English as "Louis"
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