Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Volume XV

Volume XV
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  • Loo, card game.
  • Loochoo Islands (Lew-Chew Islands, q.v.), North Pacific.
  • Loom, for weaving (q.v.).
  • Loom, bird.
  • Lope de Vega Carpio, Spanish dramatist and poet (See Vega Carpio).
  • Lopez, Carlos Antonio, Paraguayan ruler.
  • Lopez, Francisco Solano, Paraguayan general.
  • Lorca, town, Spain.
  • Lorenzo Marques, Portuguese settlement, South-East Africa.
  • Loreto, town, Italy.
  • Lorient, town, France.
  • Lorraine, territory, France and Germany.
  • Lory, bird.
  • Los Angeles, town, California, U.S.A.
  • Lot, Scripture patriarch.
  • Lot, department, France.
  • Lot-et-Garonne, department, France.
  • Lothair I., emperor.
  • Lothair, the Saxon, emperor.
  • Lothian, district, Scotland.
  • Lotteries.
  • Lotus-Eaters, Libyan tribe.
  • Lotze, Rudolph Hermann, German philosopher.
  • Loudun, town, France.
  • Loughborough, town, England.
  • Louis I., the Pious, emperor.
  • Louis II., emperor.
  • Louis III., emperor.
  • Louis IV., the Child, emperor.
  • Louis IV., or V., emperor.
  • Louis, the German, German king.
  • Louis I., king of France (emperor Louis I.).
  • Louis II., the Stammerer, of France.
  • Louis III., of France.
  • Louis IV., D'Outremer, of France.
  • Louis V., Le Fainéant, of France.
  • Louis VI., Le Gros, of France.
  • Louis VII., Le Jeune, of France.
  • Louis VIII., Le Lion, of France.
  • Louis IX., St, of France.
  • Louis X., Le Hutin, of France.
  • Louis XI., of France.
  • Louis XII., of France.
  • Louis XIII., of France.
  • Louis XIV., Le Grand, of France.
  • Louis XV., of France.
  • Louis XVI., of France.
  • Louis XVII., titular king of France.
  • Louis XVIII., king of France.
  • Louis Philippe, king of the French.
  • Louisa, queen of Prussia.
  • Louisiana, State, U.S.A.
  • Louisville, town, Kentucky, U.S.A.
  • Loulé, town, Portugal.
  • Lourdes, town, France.
  • Louse, insect.
  • Louth, county, Ireland.
  • Louth, town, England.
  • Louvain, town, Belgium.
  • Louviers, town, France.
  • Louvois, Marquis de, French war minister.
  • Lovat, Lord, Scottish Jacobite.
  • Love-Bird.
  • Lovelace, Richard, English poet.
  • Lover, Samuel, Irish novelist.
  • Lowell, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Lowestoft, town, England.
  • Lowicz, town, Russian Poland.
  • Lowth, Robert, bishop of London.
  • Loyalty Islands, South Pacific.
  • Loyola, Ignatius de, St, founder of the Jesuits.
  • Lozère, department, France.
  • Lübeck, free city, Germany.
  • Lublin, town, Russian Poland.
  • Lubricants, machine oils.
  • Lucan, Marcus Annæus, Roman poet.
  • Lucania, ancient province, Italy.
  • Lucaris, Cyril, Greek Church (q.v.) reformer.
  • Lucas of Leyden, Dutch artist.
  • Lucca, town, Italy.
  • Lucca, Baths of, Italy.
  • Lucena, town, Spain.
  • Lucera, town, Italy.
  • Lucerne, canton & town, Switzerland.
  • Lucerne, Lake of, Switzerland.
  • Lucia, St, of Syracuse.
  • Lucian, Greek satirist.
  • Lucian, editor of Septuagint and martyr.
  • Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari.
  • Lucilius, Roman poet and satirist.
  • Lucius, I.–III., popes.
  • Lücke, Gottfried Christian Friedrich, German theologian.
  • Luckenwalde, town, Prussia.
  • Lucknow, district & town, India.
  • Lucretius (T. Lucretius Carus), Roman poet.
  • Lucullus, Lucius Licinius, Roman consul.
  • Luddites, English rioters (1811).
  • Ludhiana, or Ludiana, district & town, India.
  • Ludlow, town, England.
  • Ludlow, Edmund, Cromwellian general.
  • Ludolf, Hiob, German Orientalist.
  • Ludwigsburg, town, Würtemberg.
  • Ludwigshafen, suburb of Mannheim (q.v.), Germany.
  • Lugano, town, Switzerland.
  • Lugano, Lake of, Switzerland.
  • Lugansk, town, Russia.
  • Lugo, province & town, Spain.
  • Lugos, town, Hungary.
  • Luini, Bernardino, Italian painter.
  • Luke, St, the Evangelist.
  • Luke, Gospel of (See Gospels).
  • Lukow, or Lukoff, town, Russian Poland.
  • Lukoyanoff, town, Russia.
  • Lully, Giovanni Battista, musician.
  • Lully, Raymond, Spanish devotee.
  • Lumbago, disease.
  • Lump-Sucker, fish.
  • Lund, town, Sweden.
  • Lüneburg, town, Prussia.
  • Lunéville, town, France.
  • Lupercalia, Roman festival.
  • Lupine, plant.
  • Luray Cavern, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Lurgan, town, Ireland.
  • Luristan, province, Persia.
  • Lusatia, district, Germany.
  • Lushai Hills, district, India.
  • Lustration, Greek and Roman rite.
  • Lute, musical instrument.
  • Luther, Martin German Reformer.
  • Lutherans.
  • Luton, town, England.
  • Lutzk, town, Russia.
  • Luxembourg, Duc de, marshal of France.
  • Luxemburg, grand-duchy & town, Europe.
  • Luxemburg, province, Belgium.
  • Luxor, town, Egypt.
  • Luzon, island, Philippines (q.v.).
  • Lycanthropy, belief in animal transformation.
  • Lycaon, mythical king of Arcadia.
  • Lycaonia, province, Asia Minor.
  • Lycia, district, Asia Minor.
  • Lycophron, Greek poet.
  • Lycopodium, genus of mosses.
  • Lycurgus, Spartan lawgiver.
  • Lycurgus, Attic orator.
  • Lydgate, John, English monk and poet.
  • Lydia, district, Asia Minor.
  • Lyell, Sir Charles, British geologist.
  • Lyly, or Lylie, John, English writer and dramatist.
  • Lymington, town, England.
  • Lynchburg, town, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Lynch Law.
  • Lyndhurst, Lord, lord chancellor of England.
  • Lyndsay, Sir David, early Scottish writer.
  • Lynn, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Lynn Regis, town, England.
  • Lynx, carnivorous mammal.
  • Lyons, town, France.
  • Lyons, Lord, English admiral.
  • Lyra, Nicolaus de, mediæval commentator.
  • Lyre, musical instrument.
  • Lyre-Bird.
  • Lysander, Lacedæmonian leader.
  • Lysias, Attic orator.
  • Lysimachus, Macedonian king.
  • Lysippus, Greek sculptor.
  • Lyte, Henry Francis, hymn-writer.
  • Lyttelton, Lord, English statesman and man of letters.
  • Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Lord, English writer.
  • M, the thirteenth letter of the alphabet.
  • Maas, or Meuse (q.v.), river, France, Belgium, and Holland.
  • Mabillon, Jean, French historian.
  • Mabinogion, Welsh romances (See Celtic Literature).
  • Mabuse, Jan Gossart, Flemish painter (See Gossart).
  • Macao, Portuguese settlement, China.
  • Macaroni, article of food.
  • Macartney, Earl of, English diplomatist.
  • Macassar, department, Celebes (q.v.).
  • Macaulay, Lord, English essayist and historian.
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  • Madison, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
  • Madison, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
  • Madison, James, president of the United States.
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  • Maine, old province, France.
  • Maine, State, U.S.A.
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  • Manchester, town, England.
  • Manchester, town, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  • Manchester, town, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
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  • Mandeville, Bernard de, moralist.
  • Mandeville, Jehan de, or Sir John, writer of travels.
  • Mandi, state, Punjab, India.
  • Mandingoes, African people.
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  • Manila, town, Philippine Islands.
  • Manila Hemp, vegetable fibre.
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  • Marlow, Great, town, England.
  • Marlowe, Christopher, English dramatist.
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  • Marsh, George Perkins, American diplomatist and philologist.
  • Marshal, title.
  • Marshall, John, American chief-justice.
  • Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean (See Micronesia).
  • Marshalltown, town, Iowa, U.S.A.
  • Marshman, Joshua, English missionary and Orientalist.
  • Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinand (Marsilius), Italian soldier and savant.
  • Marston, John, English satirist and dramatist.
  • Marsyas, Phrygian god.
  • Marten, carnivorous mammal.
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  • Maryland, State, U.S.A.
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  • Massachusetts, State, U.S.A.
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  • Massillon, Jean Baptiste, French preacher.
  • Massinger, Philip, English dramatist.
  • Massorah, or Massora, of Jewish Scriptures.
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