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Lukelong Dorsa
Lukelong Dorsa, a 1566-km ridge belt (dorsum) on Venus at 73.3N 178.8E in the Pandrosos Dorsa quadrangle; IAU-approved 1985, named for a Polynesian creator goddess from the Caroline Islands.
Lukeni
Lukeni (Lukenie, Lukenye), a 1,225 km river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rising in Sankuru province at about 570 m and joining the Fimi near Kutu; eighth longest DRC river, navigable to Kole.
Lukeni lua Nimi
Lukeni lua Nimi was, according to oral tradition, the first king of the Kingdom of Kongo in West-Central Africa, ruling around 1390 from his capital at Mbanza Kongo.
Lukiiko
The Lukiiko (Lukiiko lwa Buganda) was the great council of the kingdom of Buganda in present-day Uganda, an advisory body of clan heads and chiefs that became a quasi-legislature under the 1900 Buganda Agreement.
Lukka
The Lukka, or Lukka lands, were a Luwian-speaking people and coastal region of southwestern Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age, generally identified with later Lycia and known as pirates and Sea Peoples.
Lukkhe
Lukkhe (लुक्खे) is a Hindi-language musical crime drama series premiering May 8, 2026 on Prime Video, directed by Himank Gaur, starring King in his acting debut, Raashii Khanna, Palak Tiwari, and Lakshvir Saran in a Punjab rap-drug underworld story.
Lukoil (Лукойл)
Lukoil (Лукойл) is a Russian oil and gas company founded in 1991, Russia's second-largest by production, sanctioned by the US in 2025 and selling its international assets to Carlyle.
Lukoml GRES power station
Lukoml GRES (Лукомльская ГРЭС) is a gas-fired thermal power station in Novolukoml, Belarus, and the largest power plant in the country, with an installed capacity of at least 3,038 MW.
Lukoskin
Lukoskin is a DRDO-developed polyherbal Ayurvedic ointment and oral liquid for vitiligo (leucoderma), made from Himalayan herbs, transferred to AIMIL Pharmaceuticals, and marketed in India since 2011.
Lukoye Atwoli
Lukoye Atwoli is a Kenyan psychiatrist and professor at The Aga Khan University, known for research on trauma and PTSD and membership of the US National Academy of Medicine.
Luksic Group
The Luksic Group is a Chilean family conglomerate founded by Andrónico Luksic Abaroa in 1957, controlling Banco de Chile, CCU, and the London-listed miner Antofagasta plc.
LuLaRich
LuLaRich is a 2021 four-part Amazon Prime docuseries directed by Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason about the LuLaRoe multilevel marketing clothing company, its founders Mark and DeAnne Stidham, and the Washington State pyramid-scheme settlement.
LuLaRoe
LuLaRoe, an American multilevel-marketing apparel company founded in Corona, California by Mark and DeAnne Stidham, sells leggings and clothing through independent retailers; known for its rapid rise, $4.75 million Washington pyramid-scheme settlement, and LuLaRich documentary.
Luleå
Luleå is a city in northern Sweden, seat of Norrbotten County, founded 1621 at Gammelstad and moved 1649 due to land uplift. Known as a steel and port city with about 80,000 inhabitants.
Luli
Luli, also known as Elulaios, was a Phoenician king who ruled Tyre in the late eighth century BC and rebelled against Assyria, fleeing to Cyprus in 701 BC.
LULI laser facility
LULI (Laboratoire pour l'utilization des lasers intenses) is a French laser-plasma laboratory at École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, a CNRS user facility for inertial confinement fusion research.
Lüliang
Lüliang (吕梁市) is a prefecture-level city in central-western Shanxi, China, seat Lishi District, named for the Lüliang Mountains. It covers 21,000 km², administers 1 district, 2 cities, 10 counties, and is a major coal and qingxiang baijiu producer.
Lüliang Mountains
Lüliang Mountains (吕梁山), range in western Shanxi on the eastern Loess Plateau, NE–SW trending, highest peak Guandi Shan 2,831 m; semiarid–semihumid transition spanning Hai and Yellow River basins, uplifted since Early Cretaceous.
Luliang Oil Field
Luliang Oil Field (陆梁油田) is an onshore oil field in the Gurbantunggut Desert in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China, discovered in 2000 and operated by PetroChina's Xinjiang Oilfield Company.
Luliconazole
Luliconazole (NND-502, LUZU) is a topical imidazole antifungal, the R-enantiomer of lanoconazole, inhibiting lanosterol demethylase. Approved in Japan 2005 and by FDA in 2013 for tinea pedis, cruris, and corporis.
Lülin and Chimei rebellions (绿林、赤眉起义)
The Lülin and Chimei rebellions (绿林、赤眉起义) were peasant uprisings against Wang Mang's Xin dynasty, beginning in AD 17 and 18, that overthrew it in AD 23.
Lülin Army
The Lülin Army (绿林军) was a rebel army of famine peasants raised in Jing Province that overthrew the Xin dynasty in 23 CE and enthroned the Gengshi Emperor.
Lülin Uprising
The Lülin Uprising (绿林起义) was a peasant rebellion from Lülin Mountain in Jingzhou that destroyed Wang Mang's Xin dynasty in 23, installed the Gengshi emperor, and dissolved in 25.
Lullabies to Paralyze
Lullabies to Paralyze is Queens of the Stone Age's fourth studio album, released March 22, 2005 on Interscope after Nick Oliveri's firing; it debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and features Billy Gibbons guesting on three tracks.
Lullaby
Lullaby (cradle song; French berceuse, German Wiegenlied): a soothing song sung to lull a child to sleep. Simple, repetitive, slow-tempo songs found across cultures, with written examples from c. 2000 BCE Babylon.
Lullaya
Lullaya, also transliterated Lullaia, was an early Assyrian king, entry 53 in the Assyrian King List, a "son of a nobody" who seized power and ruled 6 years.
Lullingstone
Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford, Kent: Roman villa on the River Darent, built c. AD 100, occupied to c. AD 420, with 4th-century mosaics, a pagan cult room, and a rare Christian house-church.
Lullubi
The Lullubi, also known as Lullubu or Lullubum, were an ancient tribal group of the Zagros foothills near Sulaymaniyah, attested from the Sargonic period into Neo-Assyrian times.
Lullula
Lullula (Woodlark, Lullula arborea) is a monotypic genus of larks (Alaudidae). Least Concern, stable population of 4.77–10.1 million mature individuals, EU Birds Directive Annex I, open sandy habitats across Europe.
Lulong Army (Youzhou Circuit)
Lulong Army (盧龍軍) was the military command of Youzhou, one of the three autonomous Hebei garrisons of late Tang China, known for resisting the Khitan and passing through the Liu family before falling to Jin.