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Lanivtsi Raion
Lanivtsi Raion (Лановецький район), a former district of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Lanivtsi; created 1940, 632 km², 52 villages, abolished 17 July 2020 and merged into Kremenets Raion.
Lanka (लंका)
Lanka (लंका), also Lankapura, is the island kingdom of the demon-king Ravana in the Ramayana, traditionally identified with Sri Lanka though some scholars place it on the Indian mainland; it is now central to a Sinhala Buddhist Ravana revival.
Lanka Premier League
Lanka Premier League (LPL), Sri Lanka's franchise T20 cricket league run by Sri Lanka Cricket with IPG as rights holder since 2020; Jaffna has won four titles; 2025 edition skipped for T20 World Cup 2026 venue preparation.
Lankarani–Nikravesh contact model
The Lankarani–Nikravesh contact model is a continuous contact force model for impact analysis in multibody dynamics, combining the Hertz elastic law with hysteresis damping, published in 1990.
Lankavamsa
Lankavamsa (ลังกาวงศ์, "the lineage from Lanka") is the Sri Lankan-derived Theravada ordination lineage practiced in Thailand since the 13th century, which in 1753 gave rise to the Siam Nikaya in Sri Lanka.
Lånkebanen
Lånkebanen (Hell RX), Norway's national motorsport centre at Hell, Stjørdal, Trøndelag; NAF-owned circuit opened 1987/1988 as Norway's first permanent asphalt track, hosting World Rallycross 2014–2019 and 2022–2023.
Lankiveil Labyrinthus
Lankiveil Labyrinthus is a 450-km-wide dissected plateau terrain in Titan's southern mid-latitudes, imaged by Cassini radar (T59, T120), classified as a valleyed labyrinth and named after a planet from the Dune series.
Lankum
Lankum (formerly Lynched) is a Dublin four-piece Irish folk band of Ian and Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada, and Radie Peat, fusing traditional songs with drones; twice RTÉ Choice Prize winners and 2023 Mercury Prize nominees for False Lankum.
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng (兰陵笑笑生, "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling") is the unidentified pseudonymous author of the Ming novel Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase).
Lanna
Lanna is a Serbian DJ and producer from Novi Sad working in progressive house, indie dance, and melodic techno, who debuted at EXIT Festival in 2019 at age 13.
Lanner falcon
Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus), a medium-sized falcon of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Mediterranean; IUCN Least Concern globally but Vulnerable in South Africa; threatened by electrocution, persecution, and falconry harvesting.
Lannou Medical (莱诺医疗) (Lino Medical)
Lannou Medical (莱诺医疗) is a Shanghai-based Chinese developer of interventional ENT and cranial-spinal surgical devices, founded in 2015 by Cui Teng and later renamed Nuomei Xinchuang (诺美新创).
Lanny A. Robbins
Lanny A. Robbins is an American chemical engineer who spent 37 years at Dow developing separation and purification processes, retiring as a Research Fellow in 2003.
Lanny Bassham
Lanny Bassham (born 1947, Comanche, Texas) is an American rifle shooter, 1976 Olympic gold and 1972 silver medalist in 50 m rifle three positions, 1974 and 1978 world champion, and founder of Mental Management Systems.
Lanny D. Schmidt
Lanny D. Schmidt (1938–2020) was an American chemical engineer and Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota known for surface science, catalysis, and millisecond reactors converting methane and biofuels to synthesis gas.
Lanny Davis
Lanny J. Davis, American lawyer and crisis manager; Special Counsel to President Bill Clinton 1996-98, later attorney for Michael Cohen and registered foreign agent for clients including Dmytro Firtash.
Lanny McDonald
Lanny McDonald (Lanny King McDonald), Canadian NHL right winger born 1953 in Hanna, Alberta; played for Toronto, Colorado Rockies, Calgary Flames; 500 goals, 1,006 points; 66-goal 1982-83 franchise record; co-captained Flames to 1989 Stanley Cup; Hockey Hall of Fame 1992 and its chairman 2015-2025.
Lanny Poffo
Lanny Poffo (1954–2023), 'Leaping' Lanny Poffo and The Genius, American wrestler and manager, brother of Randy Savage, son of Angelo Poffo; WWF 1985–1992, frisbee-and-poetry act, managed Mr. Perfect, died February 2, 2023.
Lanny Thomas
Lanny Thomas is an American Republican politician elected to the Georgia State Senate from the 53rd district, after 35 years in education and service as mayor of Trion.
Lanolin
Lanolin, also called wool grease or wool fat, is the purified wax from sheep wool sebaceous secretions, recovered by scouring and centrifuging; named by Liebreich in 1885, used as an emollient, occlusive, and nipple-care agent.
Lanoracopan hydrochloride
MY008211A (lanoracopan hydrochloride, Yishining) is Wuhan Createrna's oral complement factor B inhibitor for PNH and IgA nephropathy; all 34 phase 2 PNH patients met the hemoglobin endpoint, and its China NDA is in priority review.
LaNorris Sellers
LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback from Florence, S.C.; dual-threat 6'3", 240-lb passer, 2024 SEC Freshman of the Year, once rated top 2026-draft QB, returned for 2026 under Kendal Briles.
Lanosterol
Lanosterol is a tetracyclic triterpenoid sterol formed from oxidosqualene, the first sterol intermediate on the pathway to cholesterol in animals and to ergosterol in fungi.
Lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase
Lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase (CYP51, Erg11) is a cytochrome P450 removing the 14α-methyl group of sterol precursors in all kingdoms of life; in fungi it makes ergosterol and is the target of azole antifungals and agricultural DMIs, with resistance via ERG11 mutations, overexpression, and efflux.
Lanosterol synthase
Lanosterol synthase (LSS, ERG7, oxidosqualene cyclase, EC 5.4.99.7) is the enzyme converting (S)-2,3-oxidosqualene to lanosterol, the first committed step of cholesterol biosynthesis in animals and fungi; mutations cause congenital cataracts and hypotrichosis, and plant versions evolved convergently.
Lanreotide
Lanreotide (Somatuline Depot/Autogel) is a long-acting octapeptide somatostatin analog by Ipsen, injected deep subcutaneously every 4 weeks. It treats acromegaly, unresectable GEP-NETs, and carcinoid syndrome via SSTR2/SSTR5, prolonging progression-free survival in the CLARINET trial.
LANSA Flight 508
LANSA Flight 508 was a Peruvian domestic flight that broke apart after a lightning strike over the Amazon on December 24, 1971, killing 91 of 92 aboard.
Lansana Conté
Lansana Conté was a Guinean soldier and politician who served as President of Guinea from a 1984 military coup until his death in office in December 2008.
Lansargues
Lansargues (Latin Lansarnica) is a commune in Hérault, Occitanie, near the Étang de l'Or between Lunel and Mauguio; a villette of the barony of Lunel from 888, with a 4th-century necropolis, La Laune Gallo-Roman site, classified Saint-Martin church, and arènes.
Lansdowne Partners
Lansdowne Partners is a London-based investment management firm founded in 1998 by Paul Ruddock and Steven Heinz, once among Europe's largest hedge fund managers and now a long-only equity manager.