Leys may refer to:
People
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Colin Leys, Oxford academic
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Jan August Hendrik Leys (1815–1869), Belgian painter
* Lenaert Leys, better known as
Leonardus Lessius (1554–1623), Belgian Jesuit and moral theologian
* Simon Leys, pen name of
Pierre Ryckmans
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Sally Leys
Sally Leys (Sally Penelope Leys) is a Canadian spongiologist. She is a professor of biology at the University of Alberta where she and her colleagues study sponges in all their aspects including ecology, physiology, their adaptations to a fluid ...
, Canadian spongiologist
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Blackbird Leys, civil parish in Oxford, England
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Beaumont Leys
Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester, in the Leicester district, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 16,480. Locally, Beaumont Leys is usual ...
, electoral ward in England
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Ley line, places of geographical and historic interest
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The Leys School, school in Cambridge
* Loch of Leys, ancestral home of
Burnett of Leys
The House of Burnett (Burnet, Burnette, Burnard, Bernard) is a Lowland and Border Scottish family composed of several branches. The Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett is James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys.
Origins of the name
It remains un ...
, a Lowland Scottish clan
See also
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Ley (disambiguation)
Ley may refer to:
Toponyms
* Ley (landform), name for a crag, rock or cliff in the north German language area
* Ley (crater), crater on the Moon
* Ley, Moselle, commune in France
* Ley Hill, hill in England
People
* Ley Matampi (born 1989 ...
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