Lais or Laïs may refer to one of the following:
Places
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Lais, Indonesia, a district in the
Musi Banyuasin Regency in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia
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Lais River in
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
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Lais (barony), a former barony and castle near Tartu, Estonia
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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
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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
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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
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Laïs (physician) (fl. 1st/2nd century BC), an ancient Greek midwife and physician
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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 ...
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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
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Laïs (band), a musical group
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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 ...
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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-w ...
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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