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Lakki may refer to: * Lakki (film), a 1992 Norwegian film * Lakki, Iran (other) * Lakki Marwat, the headquarters of Lakki Marwat District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan * Lakki, Leros Lakki ( el, Λακκί), population 1990, also known by its former name Portolago (Πόρτο Λάγο), is a community on the Greek island of Leros, in the Dodecanese, at the head of Lakki Bay. The area was built up as the main base of the Itali ..., a town on the Greek island of Leros * Lakkoi, a village on the island of Crete, commonly spelled Lakki on road signs and maps * Latchi (also spelled Lachi, Latsi and Lakki), a small village that is part of Polis, Cyprus * Lakki hills in the Sindh, Pakistan {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakki (film)
''Lakki'' (Lakki ... The Boy Who Could Fly) is a Norway, Norwegian drama film from 1992 directed by Svend Wam and produced by Petter Vennerød—a collaboration known as ''Wam og Vennerød''. The film is based on Per Knutsen's 1988 novel ''Gutten som kunne fly'' (The Boy Who Could Fly). Wam was nominated for the Amanda Award for the screenplay. Plot The story presents the life of 14-year-old Lakki, who dreams himself away from an insecure existence. Life consists of his party-crazy mother, his self-absorbed father, his violent high school teacher, and the pedophile Buddha-Man. Lakki often thinks of the time when his parents lived together and life was good. But even this joy was not untainted. He also remembers his insane grandfather, from whom he inherited his sweater. When Lakki is alone, he imagines that wings have begun to grow on his back so he can fly away from this painful world. He starts experimenting with drugs with the LSD seller Tim, and one day he starts hallucinating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakki, Iran (other)
Lakki ( fa, لكي, also Romanized as Lakkī) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 53, in 11 families. References Populated places in Chabahar County {{Chabahar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakki Marwat
Lakki Marwat or Lakki (Urdu and ps, ) is the headquarters of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Lakki Marwat has become one of the fastest growing cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Lakki Marwat is also the 20th most populous city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. History Origins Lakki was first called by the name of "Thal Daman", which means an open sandy plain.Sher Mohammad Khan Mohmand, ''The Marwats'', (Peshawar, 1999) pp. 17-22 The first evidence of civilization in the plains of Thal Daman and the spread of Islam in Bannu is indicated by the graves of Ashaab on the left bank of the Kurram River. In addition, contemporary historians write about Bannu in their works. Al-Baladuri wrote that "In the year 44 H. 64 AD and in the days of the Khalif Muawiya, Muhallib son of Abu Safra made war upon the same frontier, and advanced as far as Banna and Alahwar which lie between Multan and Kabul.”Elliot H. M. 'The History of India, as Told by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakki, Leros
Lakki ( el, Λακκί), population 1990, also known by its former name Portolago (Πόρτο Λάγο), is a community on the Greek island of Leros, in the Dodecanese, at the head of Lakki Bay. The area was built up as the main base of the Italian Royal Navy in the Dodecanese starting in 1923. The town of Portolago was founded in the 1930s, under Italian rule, as a new model town, most of whose inhabitants were from the Italian military. After Leros was transferred to Greece in 1947, it was renamed Lakki. History Like the rest of the Dodecanese, Leros was ruled by Italy from 1912-1943. The Italian authorities founded the town of Portolago in the 1930s as a new model town, named after Mario Lago, the Governor of the Italian colony from 1922 to 1936. It is one of the best examples of Italian Rationalist and Fascist architecture, with buildings by and .Alex SakalisThe strange beauty of Greece's weirdest town BBC Culture/BBC Designed, 31 January 2018 The naval base included mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakkoi
Lakkoi ( el, Λάκκοι), commonly spelled Lakki on road signs and maps, is a village on the Greek island of Crete in the foothills of the Lefka Ori (White Mountains). The village is situated on the road between Chania and the plateau of Omalos which leads to the Samaria Gorge. Geography Lakkoi is 450 metres high, below the White Mountains which rise another 1,000 metres to the south. Most of the houses cling to steep slopes covered in olive and chestnut trees, reached through narrow roads or tracks that run down from the main square. The climate is cool in winter, with occasional snow, wet in spring, hot and dry in the summer. In the unusually dry summer of 2007, major brush fires broke out twice, burning about and threatening the village itself. Economy Traditionally the villagers have cultivated olives and raised goats, sheep and chickens. With limited work opportunities, the population has declined from a peak of around 2,000 to 212 (2011 census). There are signs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latchi
Latchi ( gr, Λατσί), also spelled Lachi, Latsi and Lakki, is a small village that is part of the Polis municipality in Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge .... It has a small harbour. Altitude Latchi is located 7 m above sea level. References External links File:Latchi, Cyprus - panoramio.jpg File:Latchi beach IMG 9724 - panoramio.jpg * Polis, Cyprus {{Cyprus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
