- Kaolin, porcelain clay.
- Kapurthala, state, India.
- Karachi (Kurrachee, q.v.), district & town, India.
- Kara-Hissar, three towns, Asiatic Turkey.
- Karaites, Jewish sect.
- Karakorum, town, Central Asia.
- Karamzin, Nikolai Mikhailovich, Russian writer.
- Karasu-Bazar, town, Russia.
- Karatcheff, town, Russia.
- Karategin, country, Central Asia.
- Karauli, state & town, India.
- Karczag, or Kardszag, town, Hungary.
- Karikal, town, India.
- Karmathians, or Karmathites, Mohammedan people, Arabia (See Arabia and Mohammedanism).
- Karnac, Egypt, Temple of (See Architecture and Egypt).
- Karnal, district & town, India.
- Karnul, district and town, Madras, India.
- Kars, town, Transcaucasia, Russia.
- Karshi, town, Central Asia.
- Karwar, town, India.
- Kasan, or Kazan (q.v.), Russia.
- Kasanlik, town, Roumelia, Turkey.
- Kaschau, town, Hungary.
- Kashgar, town, Turkestan.
- Kashi, glazed ornamentation of Oriental buildings.
- Kashin, town, Russia.
- Kashkar, state, Hindu Kush.
- Kashmir, or Cashmere, Central Asia, valley and state.
- Kasimbazar, town, India.
- Kasimoff, town, Russia.
- Kassa (Kaschau, q.v.), town, Hungary.
- Kastamuni, town, Asia Minor.
- Kastoria, town, European Turkey.
- Kater, Henry, English physicist.
- Kathiawar, district, India.
- Katif, town, Arabia.
- Katsena, town, Central Africa.
- Kattowitz, town, Prussia.
- Katwa, town, Bengal, India.
- Kaufbeuren, town, Bavaria.
- Kauffman, Angelica, Swiss artist.
- Kaulbach, Wilhelm von, German painter.
- Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton, Austrian statesman.
- Kava, intoxicating drink, of South Sea Islands.
- Kavala, town, European Turkey.
- Kavanagh, Julia, Irish novelist.
- Kaveri, or Cauvery, river, India.
- Kay, John, Scottish caricaturist.
- Kaye, Sir John William, historian of India.
- Kazala, town, Central Asia.
- Kazan, government & town, Russia.
- Kazinczy, Ferencz, Hungarian writer.
- Kean, Charles John, English actor.
- Kean, Edmund, English actor.
- Keats, John, English poet.
- Keble, John, English poet.
- Kecskemet, town, Hungary.
- Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean.
- Keff, or Kef, town, Tunis.
- Keighley, town, England.
- Kei Islands, Indian Archipelago.
- Keim, Theodor, German theologian.
- Keith, Scottish family, earls marischal of Scotland.
- Keith, Francis Edward James, Prussian marshal.
- Kej, town, Baluchistan.
- Kelat (Khelat, q.v.), town, Baluchistan.
- Kellermann, François Christophe, French marshal.
- Kellgren, Johan Henrik, Swedish poet and critic.
- Kells, town, Ireland.
- Kelp, source of iodine.
- Kelso, town, Scotland.
- Kemble, Charles, English actor.
- Kemble, John Mitchell, English scholar and historian.
- Kemble, John Philip, English actor.
- Kempis, Thomas a, mediæval writer.
- Kempten, town, Bavaria.
- Ken, Thomas, English non-juring bishop.
- Kennicott, Benjamin, English Hebraist.
- Kenosha, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Kensington, part of London.
- Kent, county, England.
- Kent, James, American jurist.
- Kent, William, English artist and landscape gardener.
- Kentigern, St, Celtic missionary.
- Kentucky, State, U.S.A.
- Kenyon, Lord, English chief-justice.
- Keokuk, town, Iowa, U.S.A.
- Kepler, Johann, German astronomer.
- Kerak, town, Syria.
- Kerbela, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Kerguelen’s Land, island, Southern Ocean.
- Kerkuk, or Kerkook, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Kerman (Kirman, q.v.), province, Persia.
- Kermanshah (Kirmanshahan, q.v.), town and district, Persia.
- Kermes, insect and crimson dye from it.
- Kerner, Justinus Andreas, German writer.
- Kerry, county, Ireland.
- Kertch, town, Russia.
- Kesmark, town, Hungary.
- Kestrel, bird.
- Keswick, town, England.
- Keszthely, town, Hungary.
- Ketchup, sauce.
- Keti, town, India.
- Kettering, town, England.
- Keunjhar, or Keunjur, state, India.
- Keunthal, state, India.
- Kew, town, England.
- Kew-Keang Foo, town, China.
- Key West, island and town, Florida, U.S.A.
- Khabarovka, town, Siberia, Russia.
- Khairabad, town, India.
- Khairpur, town, India.
- Khamgaon, town, India.
- Khandesh, district, India.
- Khandpara, state & town, India.
- Khandwa, town, India.
- Kharkoff, government & town, Russia.
- Kharput, town, Armenia.
- Khartum, or Khartoum, town, Egypt.
- Khasi and Jaintia Hills, district, India.
- Khatmandu, town, Nepal.
- Khazars, ancient people, Caucasus.
- Khelat, town, Baluchistan.
- Kheri, district, India.
- Kherson, government & town, Russia.
- Khiva, khanate & town, Turkestan.
- Khoi, town and district, Persia.
- Khojend, town, Turkestan.
- Khokand, town, Turkestan.
- Khonsar, town, Persia.
- Khoramabad, town, Persia.
- Khorasan, or Korassan, province, Persia.
- Khosrau, or Chosroes, kings of Persia (q.v.).
- Khotan, town and district, Turkestan.
- Khotin, or Khoteen, town, Russia.
- Khulna, town, India.
- Khurja, town, India.
- Khushab, town, India.
- Khuzistan, province, Persia.
- Khyrpoor (Khairpur, q.v.), town, India.
- Kiachta, or Kiakhta, town, Siberia.
- Kidderminster, town, England.
- Kidnapping, in law.
- Kieff, government & town, Russia.
- Kiel, town, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia.
- Kielce, town, Russian Poland.
- Kierkegaard, Sören, Danish philosopher.
- Kildare, county, Ireland.
- Kilia, town, Roumania.
- Kilian, St, apostle of Franconia.
- Kilimanjaro, mountain, East Africa.
- Kilkenny, county & town, Ireland.
- Killarney, town, Ireland.
- Killdeer, bird.
- Killiz, town, Syria.
- Kilmarnock, town, Scotland.
- Kilsyth, town, Scotland.
- Kilwinning, town, Scotland.
- Kimberley, town, South Africa.
- Kimhi, or Kimchi, Rabbi David, Jewish grammarian.
- Kimpulung, town, Roumania.
- Kincardine, county, Scotland.
- Kindergarten, eduational institution.
- Kinematics, branch of dynamics (See Mechanics).
- King, William, archbishop of Dublin.
- King-Bird.
- Kingfisher, bird.
- Kinglet, bird.
- Kings, First and Second Books of.
- King’s County, Ireland.
- Kingsley, Charles, English poet and novelist.
- Kingston, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Kingston, town, Ontario, Canada.
- Kingston, town, Jamaica (q.v.).
- Kingston-on-Thames, town, England.
- Kingston-upon-Hull, town, England (See Hull).
- Kingston, W. H. Giles, English writer of boys’ stories.
- Kingstown, town, Ireland.
- King-Tih Chin, town, China.
- Kino, drug.
- Kinross, county & town, Scotland.
- Kinsale, town, Ireland.
- Kioto, town, Japan.
- Kippis, Andrew, English writer.
- Kirby, William, English entomologist.
- Kircher, Athanasius, German scholar and mathematician.
- Kirchheim-unter-Teck, town, Würtemberg.
- Kirghiz, Tartar tribes.
- Kirin, town, Manchuria.
- Kirkcaldy, town, Scotland.
- Kirkcudbright, county, Scotland.
- Kirki, or Kirkee, town, India.
- Kirkintilloch, town, Scotland.
- Kirk-Kilissia, town, European Turkey.
- Kirkwall, town, Orkney, Scotland.
- Kirmanshahan, Kermanshah, or Karmanshah, town and district, Persia.
- Kirriemuir, town, Scotland.
- Kirsanoff, town, Russia.
- Kisfaludy, Karoly, Hungarian poet.
- Kisfaludy, Sandor, Hungarian poet
- Kish, island, Persian Gulf.
- Kishangarh, Kishengurh, or Krishnagarh, state, India.
- Kishineff, or Kishlanow, town, Moldavia.
- Kishm, island, Persian Gulf.
- Kissingen, town, Bavaria.
- Kistna, district, India.
- Kistna, river, India.
- Kit-Cat-Club, London.
- Kite, bird.
- Kitto, John, English biblical writer.
- Kitzingen, town, Bavaria.
- Kiung-chou-foo (Hainan, q.v.), island, China.
- Kiwi, bird.
- Kizliar, or Kizlar, town, Russia.
- Kladno, town, Bohemia.
- Klagenfurt, town, Austria.
- Klaproth, Heinrich Julius von, German Orientalist.
- Klattau, town, Bohemia.
- Klausenburg, town, Hungary.
- Klausthal, town, Prussia.
- Kléber, Jean Baptiste, French general.
- Klein, Julius Leopold, German dramatist.
- Klintzy, town, Russia.
- Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, German poet.
- Klosterneuburg, town, Austria.
- Knaresborough, town, England.
- Kneller, Sir Godfrey, painter.
- Knight, Charles, English author and publisher.
- Knighthood.
- Knitting, manufacture.
- Knolles, Richard, English historian.
- Knot, Knots, Theories of.
- Knot, bird.
- Knowles, James Sheridan, English dramatist.
- Knox, John, Scottish Reformer.
- Knoxville, town, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Kobelyaki, town, Russia.
- Kobrin, town, Russia.
- Kock, Charles Paul de, French novelist.
- Kodungalur, town, India.
- Kohat, district, India.
- Kohl, Johann Georg, German traveller and writer.
- Kolaba, district, India.
- Kolar, district, India.
- Kölcsey, Ferencz, Hungarian poet and orator.
- Kolding, town, Denmark.
- Kolhapur, state and town, India.
- Kolin, town, Bohemia.
- Kolomea, or Kolomyia, town and district, Austria.
- Kolomna.
- Komorn, town, Hungary.
- Komotau, town, Bohemia.
- Kongsberg, town, Norway.
- Königgrätz, town, Bohemia.
- Königinhof, town, Bohemia.
- Königsberg, town, Prussia.
- Königshütte, town, Prussia.
- Konitz, town, Russia.
- Konotop, town, Russia.
- Köpenick, town, Prussia.
- Kopreinitz, town, Hungary.
- Koprili, town, European Turkey.
- Koran, The, sacred book of Islam (See Mohammed).
- Korat, territory & town, Siam.
- Kordofan, province, Soudan, Africa.
- Korea, state, India.
- Koritsa, town, Albania, Turkey.
- Körner, Karl Theodor, German poet.
- Korotcha, town, Russia.
- Korotoyak, town, Russia.
- Kosciusko, Thaddeus, Polish patriot.
- Kosi, town, India.
- Köslin, town, Prussia.
- Kosloff, or Kozloff, town, Russia.
- Kostendil, town, Bulgaria, Turkey.
- Koster or Coster, Laurens, Dutch painter.
- Kostroma, government & town, Russia.
- Kotah, state, India.
- Köthen, town, Germany.
- Kotri, town, India.
- Kottbus, town, Prussia.
- Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von, German dramatist.
- Kotzebue, Otto von, Russian navigator.
- Kousso, drug.
- Kovno, government & town, Russia.
- Kovroff, town, Russia.
- Kozelsk, town, Russia.
- Krafft or Kraft, Adam, German sculptor.
- Krajova, town, Roumania.
- Krantz, Albert, German historian.
- Krasnoyarsk, town, Siberia.
- Kremenetz, town, Russia.
- Krementchug, town, Russia.
- Kremnitz, town, Hungary.
- Kremsier, town, Austria.
- Kreutzer, Conradin, German musical composer.
- Kreuznach, town, Prussia.
- Kriloff, Ivan Andreevitch, Russian fabulist.
- Krishnagar, town, India.
- Krolevetz, town, Russia.
- Krotoschin, town, Prussia.
- Krüdener, Baroness von, Russian pietist.
- Krumen, Negro race, West Africa.
- Krummacher, family of German religious writers & pietists.
- Krusenstern, Adam John, Russian navigator.
- Kuba, town, Caucasus, Russia.
- Kuban, district and government, Russia.
- Kublai Khan, Mongol ruler.
- Kuchan, town and district, Persia.
- Kuch Behar, state & town, India.
- Kuen-Lun, mountains, Tibet.
- Kuka, or Kukawa, town, Bornu, Africa.
- Kuku Khoto, town, China.
- Kuldja, Old and New, towns, Central Asia.
- Kullu, district, India.
- Kulm, town, Prussia.
- Kulmbach, town, Bavaria.
- Kum, town, Persia.
- Kumaun, district and division, India.
- Kumpta, town, India.
- Kunch, town, India.
- Kungur, town, Russia.
- Kurdistan, country, Western Asia.
- Kurgan, town, Siberia.
- Kurile Islands, North-Eastern Asia.
- Kurrachee, district & town, India.
- Kursk, government & town, Russia.
- Kustendje, town, Roumania.
- Küstrin, town, Prussia.
- Kutaiah, town, Asia Minor.
- Kutais, town, Caucasus, Russia.
- Kuttenberg, town, Bohemia.
- Kuty, town, Austria.
- Kuznetsk, town, Siberia.
- Kyouk-Hpyu, district, Burmah.
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- L, the twelfth letter of the alphabet.
- La Badie, Labadists, French Pietist & religious sect.
- Labarum, sacred standard.
- Labeo, Marcus Antistius, Roman jurist.
- Laberius, Decimus, Latin farceur.
- Labienus, Titus, Roman general.
- Labour and Labour Laws.
- Labrador, territory, North America.
- La Bruyère, Jean de, French moralist.
- Labuan, island, Indian Archipelago.
- Laburnum, tree.
- Labyrinth, in mythology & in gardening.
- Lac, resinous incrustation.
- Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de, French astronomer.
- La Calle, or La Cala, town, Algeria.
- Laccadives, islands, Indian Ocean.
- Lace.
- Lacedæmon (Laconia & Sparta, q.v.), state, Greece.
- Lacépède, Bernard G. É. de la Ville, Comte de, French naturalist.
- La Chalotais, Louis René de Caradeuc de, French politician.
- Lachish, town, Palestine.
- Lachmann, Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm, German philologist.
- La Condamine, Charles Marie de, French geographer and mathematician.
- Laconia, state, ancient Greece.
- Lacordaire, Jean Baptiste Henri, French orator.
- Lacquer, varnish.
- Lacretelle, Charles de, French historian and journalist.
- Lacrosse, game.
- La Crosse, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Lacrymatory, ancient utensil.
- Lactantius Firmianus, early Christian writer.
- Lactic Acid.
- Ladak and Balti, districts, Tibet.
- La Dixmerie, Nicolas Bricaire de, French writer.
- Ladoga, Lake, Russia.
- Ladrone Islands, North Pacific Ocean.
- Lady Day, feast of the Annunciation (q.v.).
- Laennec, René Théodore Hyacinthe, inventor of the stethescope.
- Laer, Pieter van, Dutch painter.
- Læstrygones, mythic race of giants.
- La Farina, Giuseppe, Italian writer and politician.
- Lafayette, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
- La Fayette, Marie Jean Paul, Marquis de, French general and statesman.
- La Flèche, town, France.
- La Fontaine, Jean de, French poet and fabulist.
- Lafosse, Charles de, French painter.
- Lago Maggiore, lake, Italy and Switzerland (See Maggiore).
- Lagos, town, Portugal.
- Lagos, British settlement, West Africa.
- Lagrange, Joseph Louis, mathematician.
- Lagrenée, Louis Jean François, French painter.
- Lahire, Laurent de, French painter.
- Lahore, division and district & town, India.
- Lahr, town, Baden, Germany.
- Laibach, town, Austria.
- Laing, Alexander Gordon, African explorer.
- Laing, David, Scottish antiquary.
- Laing, Malcolm, Scottish historian.
- Lai-yang, town, China.
- Lake, Lakes.
- Lake Dwellings.
- Lakhimpur, district, Assam, India.
- Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de’, French astronomer.
- Lalitpur, district, India.
- Lally, Thomas Arthur, Comte de, French general.
- Lamaism.
- Lama-Miau, town, Mongolia.
- Lamarck, Jean Baptiste P. A. de Monet, Chevalier de, French naturalist.
- Lamartine, Alphonse Maria Louis de Prat de, French writer and statesman.
- Lamb, Charles, English essayist.
- Lamballe, Marie T. L., Princesse de.
- Lambert, Johann Heinrich, German physicist.
- Lambert, John, English Parliamentary general.
- Lambèse, or Lambessa, town, Algeria.
- Lambeth, part of London (q.v.).
- Lamech, of Scripture.
- Lambego, town, Portugal.
- Lamennais, Hugues Félicité Robert de, French theologian and philosopher.
- Lamentations, Book of.
- Lamettrie, or La Mettrie, Julien Offray de, French philosopher.
- Lamia, of Greek legend.
- Lämmergeyer, bird.
- Lamont, Johann von, German astronomer.
- La Motte Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de, German writer (See Fouqué).
- Lamp, Lamps.
- Lamp-Black, pigment.
- Lampedusa, island, Mediterranean.
- Lamprey, fish.
- Lampridius, Ælius, Augustan historian (q.v.).
- Lampsacus, Greek colony, Asia Minor.
- Lanark, county & town, Scotland.
- Lancashire, or Lancaster, county, England.
- Lancaster, town, England.
- Lancaster, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Lancaster, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Lancaster, Royal House of.
- Lancaster, Sir James, English navigator.
- Lancaster, Joseph, English educationist.
- Lancelet, fish.
- Lancewood.
- Lan-chow Foo, town, China.
- Lanciano, town, Italy.
- Lancret, Nicolas, French painter.
- Land.
- Landau, town, Bavaria.
- Landen, John, English mathematician.
- Lander, Richard, African explorer.
- Landes, department, France.
- Landlord and Tenant, Law of.
- Landon, Charles Paul, French painter.
- Landon, Letitia Elisabeth, English poetess.
- Landor, Walter Savage, English writer.
- Landsberg-an-der-Warthe, town, Prussia.
- Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry, English painter.
- Landshut, town, Bavaria.
- Landskrona, town, Sweden.
- Lane, Edward William, English Orientalist.
- Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Lanfrey, Pierre, French historian.
- Langensalza, town, Prussia.
- Langland, or Langley, William, early English poet.
- Langres, town, France.
- Langton, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Language, Languages (See Philology).
- Languedoc, province, France.
- Languet, Hubert, French diplomatist.
- Lannes, Jean, French marshal.
- La Noue, François de, Huguenot captain.
- Lansdowne, First Marquis of, English statesman.
- Lansing, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Lansingburgh, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Lantara, Simon Mathurin, French painter.
- Lantern-Fly, insect.
- Lanthanum, Italian antiquary.
- Lanzi, Luigi.
- Laocoon, in Greek legend.
- Laodicea, Greek towns, Asia Minor.
- Laon, town, France.
- Laos, Indo-Chinese people.
- Lâo-tsze, or Laou-tsze, Chinese author and founder of Tâoism.
- La Paz, town, Bolivia.
- La Pérouse, Jean-François Galaup de, French navigator.
- Lapidary, gem worker.
- Lapis Lazuli, mineral.
- Lapithæ, or Lapiths, in Greek mythology.
- Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de, French mathematician and astronomer.
- Lapland, country, Northern Europe.
- La Porte, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
- Lappenberg, Johann Martin, German historian.
- Lapwing, bird.
- Lar, town, Persia.
- Larceny, or Theft (q.v.).
- Larch, tree.
- Lard, hog-fat.
- Lardner, Dionysius, scientific writer.
- Lardner, Daniel, English theological writer.
- Lares, Roman household gods.
- Largillière, Nicolas, French painter.
- Larissa, town, Greece.
- Laristan, province, Persia.
- Lark, bird.
- Larnaca, town, Cyprus (q.v.).
- La Rouchefoucauld, François de, French moralist.
- La Salle, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
- La Salle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de, French explorer.
- Lascar, Oriental sailor.
- Lascaris, Constantine, Greek scholar.
- Lascaris, Joannes, Greek scholar.
- Las Casas, Bartolomé de, Apostle of the Indies.
- Lasco, or Lascki, John (Alasco, q.v.), Polish Reformer.
- Lassa (Lhasa, q.v.), town, Tibet.
- Lassalle, Ferdinand, German socialist.
- Lassen, Christian, Norwegian Orientalist.
- Latakia, town, Syria.
- Lathe, machine for turning.
- Latimer, Hugh, English Reformer and martyr.
- Latin Language.
- Latin Literature (See Rome).
- Latitude, in astronomy (q.v.), in surveying (See Geodesy), & geographical (q.v.).
- Latium, ancient division, Italy.
- Latona, in Roman mythology (the Greek Leto).
- Latreille, Pierre-André, French naturalist.
- Lauban, town, Prussia.
- Laud, William, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Laudanum, drug (See Opium).
- Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick, Scottish writer.
- Laurenburg, duchy, Germany.
- Launceston, town, England.
- Launceston, town, Tasmania.
- Laureate (See Royal Household).
- Laurel, tree.
- Laurens, Henry, American statesman.
- Laurens, John, American general.
- Lauria, town, Italy.
- Laurvik, or Laurvig, town, Norway.
- Lausanne, town, Switzerland.
- Lava, Volcanic (See Geology).
- Lavagna, town, Italy.
- Laval, town, France.
- Lavater, Johann Kaspar, Swiss physiognomist.
- Lavaur, town, France.
- Lavender, plant.
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, French chemist.
- Law.
- Law, John, promoter of the Mississippi scheme.
- Law, William, English mystic.
- Lawes, Henry, English composer.
- Lawn-Tennis, game (See Tennis).
- Law of Nations (See International Law).
- Lawrence, town, Kansas, U.S.A.
- Lawrence, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Lawrence, St, martyr.
- Lawrence, Lord, governor-general, India.
- Lawrence, Sir Henry Montgomery, governor-general, India.
- Lawrence, Sir Thomas, English painter.
- Layamon, Saxon chronicler.
- Laybach (Laibach, q.v.), town, Austria.
- Laynez, Diego, general of the Jesuits (q.v.).
- Lazarites, Lazarists, or Lazarians, order of priests.
- Lazarus, St, Order of.
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- Lead, metal.
- Leadville, town, Colorado.
- Leake, William Martin, English antiquarian topographer.
- Leamington, town, England.
- Leander, of Greek legend (See Hero).
- Lease, in law (See Landlord and Tenant).
- Leather.
- Leather, Artificial.
- Leavenworth, town, Kansas, U.S.A.
- Lebanon, province, Asiatic Turkey.
- Lebanon, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Lebda (ancient Leptis, q.v.), town, Tripoli, Africa.
- Le Beau, Charles, French historian.
- Lebedin, town, Russia.
- Lebedyan, town, Russia.
- Lebrija, or Lebrixa, town, Spain.
- Le Brun, Charles, French painter.
- Lecce, town, Italy.
- Lecco, town, Italy.
- Le Clerc, Jean, Swiss theologian and writer.
- Lection, Lectionarium, Lectionary.
- Leda, in Greek legend (See Castor and Pollux).
- Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre Auguste, French politician.
- Ledyard, John, American traveller.
- Lee, Nathaniel, English dramatist.
- Lee, Richard Henry, American statesman.
- Lee, Robert Edward, American Confederate general.
- Leech, annelid.
- Leech, John, English caricaturist.
- Leeds, town, England.
- Leek, vegetable.
- Leek, town, England.
- Leer, town, Germany.
- Leeuwarden, town, Holland.
- Leeuwenhoek, Anthony van, Dutch microscopist.
- Leeward Islands, West Indies (q.v.).
- Lefèvre (Faber, q.v.), Jacobus, theologian.
- Legate, Papal.
- Legendre, Adrien Marie, French mathematician.
- Legerdemain, slight of hand.
- Leghorn, town, Italy.
- Legion of Honour, Order of the.
- Leh (Ladak, q.v.), district, Tibet.
- Leiah, town, India.
- Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm, German mathematician and philosopher.
- Leicester, county & town, England.
- Leicester, Simon de Montfort (q.v.), earl of.
- Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of.
- Leigh, town, England.
- Leigh, Edward, Puritan Biblical critic.
- Leighton, Robert, bishop of Dunblane.
- Leighton-Buzzard, town, England.
- Leinster, province, Ireland.
- Leipsic, or Leipzig, town, Germany.
- Leith, town, Scotland.
- Leitmeritz, town, Bohemia.
- Leland, John (c 1506–1552), English antiquary.
- Leland, John (1691–1766), English theologian.
- Leleges, Greek race of people.
- Lelewel, Joachim, Polish historian.
- Lely, Sir Peter, English painter.
- Le Mans, town, France (See Mans).
- Lemberg, town, Austria.
- Lemming, rodent mammal.
- Lemnos
- Lemon, tree and fruit.
- Lemonnier, Pierre Charles, French astronomer.
- Lemur, Lemurs, group of mammals.
- Lena, river, Siberia (q.v.).
- Lenclos, Ninon de, Frenchwoman of society.
- Lenfant, Jacques, French ecclesiastical historian.
- Lenkoran, town, Transcaucasia, Russia.
- Lennep, town, Germany.
- Lennep, Jacob van, Dutch poet and novelist.
- Lent, church festival.
- Lentil, seed and plant.
- Lentini (Leontini, q.v.), ancient town, Siciliy.
- Leo I., pope.
- Leo II., pope.
- Leo III., pope.
- Leo IV., pope.
- Leo V., pope.
- Leo VI., pope.
- Leo VII., pope.
- Leo VIII., pope.
- Leo IX., pope.
- Leo X., pope.
- Leo XI., pope.
- Leo XII., pope.
- Leo I., the Great, emperor of the East.
- Leo III., the Isaurian, emperor.
- Leo V., the Armenian, emperor.
- Leo VI., the Philosopher, emperor.
- Leo, Johannes (Leo Africanus), Moorish writer.
- Leobschütz, town, Prussia.
- Leochares, Greek sculptor.
- Leominster, town, England.
- Leon, province & town, Spain.
- Leon, town, Mexico.
- Leon, town, Nicaragua.
- Leon, Luis Ponce de, or Fray Luis de, Spanish poet and religious writer.
- Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist and man of science and letters.
- Leonidas, king of Sparta & Greek poets.
- Leontini, town, Sicily.
- Leopard, carnivorous mammal.
- Leopardi, Giacomo, Italian poet.
- Leopold I., emperor.
- Leopold II., emperor.
- Leopold I., king of the Belgians.
- Leopold I., duke of Anhalt-Dessau.
- Lepanto, town, Greece.
- Lepidosiren, genus of fishes.
- Lepidus, M. Æmilius, Roman consuls.
- Leprosy, disease.
- Leptis (Lebda), ancient town, Tripolis.
- Lérida, province & town, Spain.
- Lermontoff, Mikhail Yurevitch, Russian poet and novelist.
- Leroux, Pierre, French philosopher and politician.
- Lerwick, town, Shetland (q.v.), Scotland.
- Le Sage, Alain René, French novelist and dramatist.
- Lesbos, island, Ægean Sea, Asia Minor.
- Lesghians, or Lesghis, Caucasian tribes.
- Lesley, John, bishop of Ross, Scottish historian and statesman.
- Leslie, Alexander, earl of Leven (q.v.), Scottish general.
- Leslie, Charles, Irish non-juror.
- Leslie, Charles Robert, English painter.
- Leslie, Sir John, Scottish scientist.
- Leslie, Thomas Edward Cliffe, political economist.
- Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, German philosopher.
- L'Estrange, Sir Roger, English pamphleteer.
- Lesueur, Jean François, French musical composer.
- Lethe, in Greek mythology.
- Letronne, Jean Antoine, French archæologist.
- Lettres de Cachet.
- Letts, tribes, Lithuania (q.v.).
- Leucadia (Santa Maura, q.v.), one of the Ionian Islands, Greece.
- Leucippus, Greek philosopher.
- Leuk, village, Switzerland.
- Leutschau, town, Hungary.
- Leven, Earl of (Alexander Leslie), Scottish general.
- Leverrier, Urbain Jean Joseph, French astronomer.
- Levis, town, Canada.
- Levites, of Scripture.
- Leviticus, Book of (See Pentateuch).
- Lew-Chew Islands, North Pacific Ocean.
- Lewes, town, England.
- Lewes, George Henry, English writer.
- Lewis, or The Lews, pat of island, Hebrides, Scotland.
- Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, English writer and statesman.
- Lewis, Matthew Gregory, English writer.
- Lewis, Meriwether, American explorer.
- Lewiston, town, Maine, U.S.A.
- Lexington, town, Kentucky, U.S.A.
- Leyden, town, Holland.
- Leyden, John, Scottish poet.
- Leyden, Lucas van (Lucas of Leyden, q.v.), Dutch artist.
- Lhasa, town, Tibet.
- L'Hôpital, or L'Hospital, Michel de, chancellor of France.
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- Liau-Yang, town, China.
- Libanius, Greek sophist.
- Libau, town, Russia.
- Libel, in law.
- Liber and Libera, Roman deities.
- Liberia, republic, West Africa.
- Liberius, pope.
- Libourne, town, France.
- Libraries, collections of books.
- Liburnians, ancient people, on Adriatic coasts.
- Libya, ancient territory, North Africa.
- Licata, or Alicata (q.v.), seaport, Sicily.
- Lichens, group of plants.
- Lichfield, town, England.
- Lichtenberg, principality, Germany.
- Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph, German physicist and satirist.
- Licinius, Roman emperor.
- Lieber, Francis, American publicist.
- Liebig, Justus, German chemist.
- Liechtenstein, principality, Germany.
- Liége, town, Belgium.
- Liegnitz, town, Prussia.
- Lien, in law.
- Lierre, or Lier, town, Belgium.
- Life Assurance (See Insurance).
- Lifeboat.
- Lifts, elevating apparatus.
- Light.
- Lightfoot, John, English rabbinical scholar.
- Lighthouse.
- Lighting, Electric.
- Lightning (See Meteorology and Thunderstorms).
- Lightning Conductor.
- Lignite, mineral (See Coal).
- Lignum Vitæ, tree (See Guaiacum).
- Liguori, Alfonso Maria de’, Roman theologian.
- Liguria, ancient district, Italy.
- Lilac, tree.
- Lilburne, John, English sectary and pamphleteer.
- Lille, town, France.
- Lillebonne, town, France.
- Lilly, William, English astrologer.
- Lily, plant.
- Lilye, William, English grammarian.
- Lima, town, Peru.
- Lima, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Limborch, Philip van, Dutch theologian.
- Limburg, province, Belgium.
- Limburg, province, Holland.
- Limburg, town, Prussia.
- Limbus Infantum, Limbus Patrum.
- Lime, mineral.
- Lime, tree.
- Limerick, county & town, Ireland.
- Limitation, Statutes of.
- Limoges, town, France.
- Linacre, Thomas, English humanist and physician.
- Linares, town, Spain.
- Lincoln, county & town, England.
- Lincoln, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Lincoln, town, Nebraska, U.S.A.
- Lincoln, Abraham, president of the United States.
- Lindau, town, Bavaria.
- Lindley, John, English botanist.
- Lindsey, Theophilus, English theologian.
- Linen Manufactures.
- Ling, fish.
- Ling, plant (See Heath).
- Lingard, John, English historian.
- Linköping, town, Sweden.
- Linlithgow, county & town, Scotland.
- Linnæus, Carolus, Swedish naturalist.
- Linnell, John, English painter.
- Linnett, bird.
- Linoleum, floor-cloth.
- Linseed.
- Linus, of Greek legend.
- Linus, saint and martyr.
- Linz, town, Austria.
- Lion, carnivorous mammal.
- Lipari Islands, Mediterranean Sea.
- Lipetsk, town, Russia.
- Lippe, principality & territory, Germany.
- Lippi, Italian painters.
- Lipsius, Justus, or Joest Lips, Dutch humanist.
- Liqueurs.
- Liquidambar, tree and gum from it.
- Liquorice, or Black Sugar.
- Liquor Laws.
- Lisbon, town, Portugal.
- Lisburn, town, Ireland.
- Lisieux, town, France.
- Liskeard, town, England.
- Lisle, Joseph Nicolas de, French astronomer.
- Lismore, island, Scotland
- Lismore, town, Ireland.
- Lissa, town, Prussia.
- Lissa, island, Adriatic Sea.
- Liston, John, English comedian.
- Liston, Robert, Scottish surgeon.
- Litany, church service.
- Lithgow, William, Scottish traveller.
- Lithium, chemical element.
- Lithography.
- Lithuanians, European people.
- Litmus, colouring matter.
- Little Falls, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Little Rock, town, Arkansas, U.S.A.
- Littleton, Thomas de, English jurist.
- Littré, Paul Maximilien Émile, French lexicographer.
- Liturgy, church service.
- Liutprand, king of the Lombards.
- Liverpool, town, England.
- Liverpool, Second Earl of, English politician.
- Liverworts, group of plants.
- Livingston, Edward, American jurist.
- Livingston, Robert R., American statesman.
- Livingstone, David, missionary and explorer in Africa.
- Livius Andronicus, Roman poet and dramatist.
- Livny, town, Russia.
- Livonia, province, Russia.
- Livy, Roman historian.
- Lizard, Lizards, order of reptiles.
- Llama, ungulate mammal.
- Llandaff, town, Wales.
- Llandudno, town, Wales.
- Llanelly, town, Wales.
- Llangollen, town, Wales.
- Llorente, Juan Antonio, Spanish historian.
- Lloyd’s, marine association.
- Loach, fish.
- Loanda, São Paulo de, town, West Africa.
- Loango, district, West Coast, Africa.
- Lobelia, genus of plants.
- Lobster, crustacean (See Crustacea and Fisheries).
- Lock, fastening.
- Locke, John, English philosopher.
- Lockhart, John Gibson, Scottish man of letters.
- Lockport, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Locle, Le, town, Switzerland.
- Locri, ancient Greek people.
- Locus, geometrical term.
- Locust, insect.
- Locust-Tree.
- Lodève, town, France.
- Lodge, Thomas, English dramatist and poet.
- Lodi, town, Italy.
- Lodz, town, Russian Poland.
- Lofoten, or Lofoden, islands, Norway.
- Log, in navigation.
- Logan, John, Scottish poet.
- Logansport, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
- Logarithms.
- Logic.
- Logos, in philosophy and theology.
- Logroño, province and town, Spain.
- Logwood, dyewood.
- Lohardaga, or Lohardugga, district, India.
- Loire, river, France.
- Loire, department, France.
- Loire, Haute-, department, France.
- Loire-Inférieure, department, France.
- Loiret, department, France.
- Loir-et-Cher, department, France.
- Loja, town, Spain.
- Lokeren, town, Belgium.
- Lokman, of Arab tradition.
- Lollards, English religious sect.
- Lombard, Peter, mediæval theologian and philosopher.
- Lombards, people, Italy.
- Lombok, island, Indian Archipelago.
- Lomonosoff, Mikhail Vasilievich, Russian scientist and poet.
- Lomza, government & town, Russian Poland.
- London, metropolis of England.
- London, town, Ontario, Canada.
- Londonderry, county & town, Ireland.
- Londonderry, Second Marquis of (Lord Castlereagh), English politician.
- Long, George, English scholar.
- Long Branch, town, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Longevity.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, American poet.
- Longford, county & town, Ireland.
- Longinus, Greek and Roman critic.
- Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
- Long Island City, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Longitude, in astronomy (See Time) & geographical (q.v.).
- Longomontanus, Christian, Danish astronomer.
- Longueville, Duchesse de, Frondist.
- Longus, Greek romancer.
- Lons-le-Saulnier, town, France.
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