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Lao rebellion of 1826–1828
The Lao rebellion of 1826–1828 (ການຕໍ່ຕ້ານຂອງເຈົ້າອະນຸວົງ) was Chao Anouvong's revolt of the Lao kingdom of Vientiane against Siam's King Rama III, ending in Vientiane's destruction in 1827 and 1828.
Lao royal chronicles
Lao royal chronicles, called phongsavadan in Lao and Thai, are the annalistic court histories of the Lao kingdoms, transmitted as palm-leaf manuscripts since the 1500s.
Lao She
Lao She (老舍) was the pen name of Shu Qingchun, a Manchu novelist and dramatist of Beijing known for Rickshaw Boy, Four Generations Under One Roof, and Teahouse.
Lao Wang
Lao Wang (捞王) is a Chinese hot pot restaurant chain headquartered in Shanghai, known for Cantonese-style pepper pork tripe chicken hot pot and founded in 2009.
Laocoön (Λαοκόων)
Laocoön (Λαοκόων), also Laokoon, Trojan seer-priest who warned against the Wooden Horse and was killed with his sons by sea serpents; names the Vatican marble group found in 1506, attributed to three Rhodian sculptors.
Laocoön and His Sons
Laocoön and His Sons, the Laocoön Group, ancient marble sculpture of the Trojan priest and his sons strangled by sea serpents, attributed by Pliny to three Rhodian sculptors, excavated in Rome in 1506 and displayed in the Vatican's Belvedere courtyard.
Laodicea ad Lycum/Diospolis/Roas
Laodicea ad Lycum, earlier called Diospolis and Roas, was an ancient city in Phrygia, Turkey, founded by Antiochus II and known as one of the Seven Churches of Revelation.
Laodicean Church
The Laodicean Church was the early Christian community of Laodicea-on-the-Lycus in Phrygia, addressed in Revelation 3:14–22 and host to a fourth-century council whose 60 canons shaped Christian discipline.
Laogong Qing He Wo Lian'ai Ba
Laogong Qing He Wo Lian'ai Ba (老公请和我恋爱吧) is a 2025 Chinese 86-episode vertical short drama by Tinghua Island, starring Han Yutong and Chen Si, adapted from a Fanqie novel about an 18-year-old waking up eight years in the future married to her nemesis; distinct from the 2024 Huace series 请和这样的我恋爱吧.
Laohekou
Laohekou (老河口市), county-level city in northwest Hubei on the middle Han River under Xiangyang; named for the old river mouth, merged with Guanghua County in 1983, 2024 GDP 50.7 billion yuan.
Laos (ປະເທດລາວ)
Laos (ປະເທດລາວ), the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked Southeast Asian one-party state of about 7.5 million people, ruled since 1975, with a hydropower-led economy in a severe China-held debt crisis.
Laoshang Chanyu
Laoshang Chanyu, personal name Jiyu, was the third chanyu of the Xiongnu Empire, reigning from 174 to 161 BCE as the son and successor of Modu Chanyu.
Laotian Civil War
Laotian Civil War (1959-1975), the Secret War: Pathet Lao and North Vietnam against the Royal Lao Government and CIA-led Hmong guerrillas under Vang Pao; over 2 million tons of U.S. bombs left Laos the most bombed country per capita.
Laoxue'an Biji
Laoxue'an Biji (老学庵笔记) is a ten-volume collection of miscellaneous notes by the Southern Song poet Lu You, written around 1189–1195 and admired as an outstanding work of Song biji writing.
Laozi (老子)
Laozi (老子, "Old Master"), traditionally named Li Er, is a possibly legendary sixth-century B.C.E. Chinese philosopher credited with founding Daoism and writing the Daodejing, which some scholars doubt he wrote.
Lap dance
A lap dance is a paid erotic dance performed near a seated customer. Its commercial organization, contact rules, licensing, and working conditions vary across venues and jurisdictions.
Lap dog
A lap dog, or sleeve dog, is a small docile pet dog suited to resting in its owner's lap; the word also means a servile follower.
Lap joint
A lap joint is a connection in which two members overlap so load passes across the overlapping area, one of the five basic welded joint types.
LAP Mentor
LAP Mentor, also written LapMentor, is a virtual reality laparoscopic surgery simulator developed by Simbionix and sold by Surgical Science, used to train surgeons in procedures like laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Lap shear test
The lap shear test, also known as the single-lap joint test, measures adhesive bond strength by pulling two overlapping strips in tension until the joint fails, reported in MPa or psi.
Lap steel guitar
The lap steel guitar, or Hawaiian steel guitar, is a guitar played face up on the lap with a steel bar, developed in Hawaii in the late 19th century.
Lap welding
Lap welding is the joining of two overlapping metal parts along their faying surfaces, using processes such as resistance spot, arc, laser, and friction stir welding.
Lapa Oil and Gas Field
Lapa is a deep-offshore oil and gas field in the Brazilian pre-salt of the Santos Basin, producing since 2016 and, since 2019, operated by TotalEnergies, the first international operator in the pre-salt.
LAPACK
LAPACK (Linear Algebra Package) is a freely available Fortran library, first released in 1992, for solving linear systems, least-squares, eigenvalue, and singular value problems for dense and banded matrices.
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is a minimally invasive operation that removes one or both adrenal glands through small abdominal incisions, first reported in 1992 and now the preferred approach for most benign adrenal tumors.
Laparoscopic appendectomy
Laparoscopic appendectomy is a minimally invasive operation that removes an inflamed appendix through small incisions using a camera, and is the standard surgical treatment for appendicitis.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a minimally invasive operation that removes the gallbladder through small abdominal incisions using a laparoscope and carbon dioxide insufflation, the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones.
Laparoscopic hernia repair
Laparoscopic hernia repair is a minimally invasive operation that reinforces the abdominal wall through small incisions, a camera, and prosthetic mesh, used mainly for inguinal hernias and also for ventral and incisional hernias.
Laparoscopic liver resection
Laparoscopic liver resection is a minimally invasive operation that removes part of the liver through small incisions, used for liver tumors and living-donor hepatectomy, first reported in 1992.
Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy
Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) is a minimally invasive operation for pancreatic and periampullary tumors, first reported in 1994, offering less blood loss and shorter hospital stay than open surgery.