Luz may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Luz (name) Luz is a Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish feminine given name and surname, meaning ''light''. The given name is shortened from ''Nossa Senhora Da Luz'', a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Light" ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname or surname, including Spanish and Portuguese *

Luz (cartoonist) Rénald Luzier (born 7 January 1972), known by his pen name Luz, is a French cartoonist. He is a former contributor to the satirical magazine ''Charlie Hebdo'' and drew the cover of the first issue of the publication following the 2015 ''Char ...

, pen name of French cartoonist Rénald Luzier (born 1972)

Places

Luz (biblical place) Luz ( ''Lūz'') is the name of two places in the Bible. Mentioned in Genesis Luz is the ancient name of a royal Canaanite city, connected with Bethel (Genesis 28:19; 35:6). It is debated among scholarsRashi on 28:17 whether Luz and Bethel repres ...

, either of two cities mentioned in the Bible *

Luz, Minas Gerais Luz is a Brazilian municipality located in the West (south of the west) part of the state of Minas Gerais. Luz is located between the city of Araxá and the capital city of the state of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte. The population is 18,257 (2020 ...

, Brazil, a municipality ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Luz, in the city of Luz in the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte *

Luz (Santa Cruz da Graciosa) Luz is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa on the island of Graciosa in the Portuguese Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal ...

, Portugal, a civil parish in the Azores * Luz, a parish of

Mourão Mourão () is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,663, in an area of 278.63 km2. Geography The municipality borders the municipality of Alandroal to the north, Spain to the east, Barrancos to ...

, Alentejo, Portugal * Luž, Czech for

Lausche Lausche () is the highest peak of the Lusatian Mountains and the highest mountain in the Germany, German part of the Upper Lusatia region at . The Conical hill, conical mountain is part of the Zittau Mountains range, situated on the border of th ...

, a mountain in the German state of Saxony * Our Lady of Light Church, Chennai, known as Luz Church

Arts and entertainment

* ''Luz'' (Djavan album), 1982 * ''Luz'' (Luz Casal album), 1982 * ''Luz'' (Cuca Roseta album), 2017 * ''Luz'' (No Te Va Gustar album), 2021 * ''Luz'' (2018 film), a German horror film * ''Luz'' (2019 film), a Colombian drama film * ''Luz'' (2020 film), an American LGBT romantic drama film * "Luz", a 2022 song by

Fede Vigevani Federico Augusto Vigevani de Arce (born 1994 or 1995), also known Mononym, mononymously as Fede, is a Uruguayan YouTuber and musician based in Mexico City. , he is the most-subscribed YouTuber who speaks Spanish as a first language as well as th ...

Transportation

Luz Station Luz Station (, ) is a commuter rail and intercity rail station in the Bom Retiro (district of São Paulo), Bom Retiro district of São Paulo, Brazil, serving RFFSA, the intercity rail network of Brazil, Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos ...

, a railway station in São Paulo, Brazil *

Luz (São Paulo Metro) Luz is a metro station located between República and Sé districts, in the central region of São Paulo. This station connects the lines 1-Blue, operated by Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo, and 4-Yellow, operated by ViaQuatro. It also ...

, a metro station in São Paulo * Luz (CPTM), a commuter rail and intercity rail station in São Paulo * LUZ, IATA airport code for

Lublin Airport Lublin Airport (''Port Lotniczy Lublin'') is an airport in Poland serving Lublin and the surrounding region. The site is located about 10 km (6.2 miles) east of central Lublin, adjacent to the town of Świdnik. The airport has a 2520 ...

, Poland

Other uses

Luz (bone) In Jewish mythology, the luz () is a bone in the spinal column that houses the soul of the human body. In Hebrew, "luz" means almond, though in some editions of the Bible, it is translated as hazel. Jewish traditions teach that the luz is the bone ...

, a bone in the spinal column *

Luz (missile) The RAFAEL Luz (Hebrew: לוז, Hazelnut) was the first missile built in Israel. RAFAEL developed the missile using knowledge gained from the French MD-620 missile which was built for the Israel Defense Forces by Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet A ...

, the first missile built in Israel *

Luz (nut) The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree from the genus ''Prunus''. Along with the peach, it is classified in the subgenus ''Amygdalus'', distinguished from the other subgenera by corrugations on the sh ...

, the Aramaic and Arabic name for almond *

BrightSource Energy BrightSource Energy, Inc. is an Oakland, California based, corporation that designs, builds, finances, and operates utility-scale solar power plants. Greentech Media ranked BrightSource as one of the top 10 environmental technology, greentech star ...

, formerly Luz II Ltd *

Larger urban zone The functional urban area (FUA), previously known as larger urban zone (LUZ), is a measure of the population and expanse of metropolitan and surrounding areas which may or may not be exclusively urban. It consists of a city and its commuting zo ...

, or LUZ, a measure of population and expanse of metropolitan areas in Europe *

University of Zulia The University of Zulia (, also known as LUZ literally meaning "light" in Spanish), is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. LUZ is one of the largest and most important universities of Venezuela. ...

, known as LUZ, in Venezuela * luz, ISO 639-3 code for

Southern Luri Luri (, ) is a Southwestern Iranian language continuum spoken by the Lurs, an Iranian people native to West Asia. The Luri dialects are descended from Middle Persian and are Central Luri, Bakhtiari,G. R. Fazel, 'Lur', in Muslim Peoples: A Wo ...

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