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Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: northeastern county with seat Wilkes-Barre, created 1786 and named for Chevalier de la Luzerne; historic anthracite coal center of the Wyoming Valley with 76 municipalities and a 2010 Home Rule Charter.
Luzerner Kantonalbank
Luzerner Kantonalbank is a Swiss cantonal bank majority owned by the canton of Lucerne, listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 2001, with a state guarantee on its liabilities.
Luzhniki Stadium
Luzhniki Stadium (Лужники, Grand Sports Arena) is Russia's national football stadium in Moscow, opened 1956 under Aleksandr Vlasov, main 1980 Olympics arena, rebuilt 2013-2017 to 81,000 seats for the 2018 FIFA World Cup final.
Luzhou
Luzhou (泸州), Sichuan prefecture-level city at the Yangtze-Tuo River junction, historically Jiangyang; home of Luzhou Laojiao baijiu, 2025 GDP 300.4 billion yuan, major upper-Yangtze container port.
Luzhou Chuannan power station
Luzhou Chuannan power station, also called the Fangshan plant, is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power station in Luzhou, Sichuan, China, with two 600 MW units commissioned in 2007 and 2008.
Luzhou Lao Jiao
Luzhou Lao Jiao (泸州老窖) is a Chinese state-controlled distiller of strong-aroma baijiu based in Luzhou, Sichuan, whose flagship brands are Guojiao 1573 and Luzhou Laojiao Tequ.
Luzhou Laojiao
Luzhou Laojiao (泸州老窖), meaning "Luzhou old cellar", is a Chinese distillery in Luzhou, Sichuan, best known as the leading producer of strong-aroma baijiu using fermentation cellars built in 1573.
Luziânia
Luziânia (formerly Santa Luzia) is a Goiás, Brazil municipality founded 13 December 1746 by Antônio Bueno de Azevedo as a gold-mining arraial; renamed 1943, city 1867, 209,129 people (2022), 58 km from Brasília. Distinct from Luiziânia, São Paulo.
Luzin (Martian crater)
Luzin is a large impact crater on Mars, about 97-101 km across, centered near 27°N, 31°E in the Ismenius Lacus quadrangle; its IAU name was approved in 1976.
Luzin space
A Luzin space, also called a Luzin topological space, is an uncountable T1-space without isolated points in which every nowhere-dense subset is countable, named for Nikolai Luzin.
Luzon
Luzon (Luzón) is the largest, most populous Philippine island, about 105,000-110,000 km², holding Metro Manila and eight administrative regions with roughly 57 percent of the national population; crossed by the active Philippine Fault.
Luzon bleeding-heart
The Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica) is a species of ground dove endemic to the Philippines, named for the bright red patch on its white breast that resembles a bleeding wound.
Luzula
Luzula (woodrushes) is a cosmopolitan genus of about 80–125 accepted species in the rush family Juncaceae, perennial grass-like herbs with ciliate leaves, closed sheaths, and three-seeded capsules, published by de Candolle in 1805.
Luzumiyat
Luzumiyat (اللزوميات), short for Luzūm Mā Lā Yalzam, is the second major poetry collection of the blind Arab poet al-Maʿarrī, known for its unprecedented double rhyme scheme.
Lv Benzhong
Lv Benzhong (呂本中, 1084–1145) was a Song dynasty poet, poetry theorist, and official who named the Jiangxi school of poetry and wrote the Guanzhen on official conduct.
Lv Buwei
Lv Buwei (吕不韦) was a Warring States merchant who rose to chancellor of Qin, engineered the succession of the future First Emperor, and directed the compilation of the Lüshi Chunqiu.
Lv Duan
Lv Duan (吕端, 935–1000) was a Song dynasty chief councilor who secured Emperor Zhenzong's accession and was famed as "muddled in small matters but not in great ones."
Lv Fan
Lv Fan (吕范), courtesy name Ziheng, was a general and administrator of Eastern Wu during the late Han and Three Kingdoms period, rising from county clerk to Grand Marshal.
Lv Gongzhu
Lv Gongzhu (吕公著, 1018–1089), courtesy name Huishu, was a Song dynasty statesman, son of chief minister Lv Yijian, who served five emperors and ended as chief councillor.
Lv Haowen
Lv Haowen (吕好問, courtesy name Shuntu) was a Song dynasty statesman who helped bring Emperor Gaozong to the throne after the fall of the Northern Song capital in 1127.
Lv Huiqing
Lv Huiqing (吕惠卿) was a Song dynasty statesman from Quanzhou, Fujian, who served as vice chancellor under Wang Anshi and later commanded the northwestern frontier against Xia.
Lv Kun
Lv Kun (吕坤, 1536–1618) was a Ming dynasty official and thinker from Ningling, Henan, remembered for his 1597 Youweishu memorial and his enrollment in the Confucian temple.
Lv Meng
Lv Meng (吕蒙), courtesy name Ziming, was a general of Eastern Wu during the late Han dynasty, best known for masterminding the seizure of Jingzhou from Guan Yu.
Lv Mengzheng
Lv Mengzheng (吕蒙正, 946–1011) was a Song dynasty statesman who served three times as chancellor under Emperors Taizong and Zhenzong, one of only two men to do so.
Lv Mu
Lv Mu (吕母) was a wealthy woman of Langya who raised a rebellion at the end of Wang Mang's rule to avenge her executed son.
Lv Wenhuan
Lv Wenhuan (吕文焕), style name Changshan, was a Song dynasty general who defended Xiangyang against the Mongols, surrendered in 1273, and served the Yuan until his death in 1296.
Lv Yihao
Lv Yihao (吕颐浩, courtesy name Yuanzhi, 1071–1139) was a Song dynasty statesman and general who twice served as chief councilor and restored Emperor Gaozong after the 1129 mutiny.
Lv Yijian
Lv Yijian (吕夷简) was a Song dynasty statesman, the longest-serving chancellor of Emperor Renzong's reign, who kept the realm tranquil through the empress dowager's regency.
Lv Yin
Lv Yin (呂諲) was a Tang dynasty official who served as chancellor under Emperor Suzong from 759, and after demotion rebuilt his career as governor of Jing Prefecture.
Lv Zhi
Lv Zhi (吕祉) was a Song dynasty civil official and military administrator who rose to Minister of War and was killed when Li Qiong mutinied and defected.