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LSU (university system, Lousiana, United States)
state system of higher education in Louisiana, U.S. It consists of nine facilities—seven coeducational institutions and two research centres—in five cities....
LSV (chemistry)
...(DC) potential of the indicator electrode varies with time is a potential (or voltage) ramp. In the most common case, the potential varies linearly with time, and the analytical method is known as linear sweep voltammetry (LSV)....
Ltava (Ukraine)
city, east-central Ukraine. It lies along the Vorskla River. Archaeological evidence dates the city from the 8th to the 9th century, although the first documentary reference is from 1174, when it was variously known as Oltava or Ltava. Destroyed by the Tatars in the early 13th century, it was the centre of a Cossack regiment by the 17th century. In 1709 Peter I the Great inflict...
LTC
Long-term care insurance (LTC) has been developed to cover expenses associated with old age, such as care in nursing homes and home care visits. LTC insurance, though relatively new, is already attracting strong interest because of the rapid growth of the elderly population in the United States. Policies specify a maximum limit per day plus an overall maximum benefit amount, with the result......
LTCM (American corporation)
...as a professor of both law and finance, becoming emeritus in 1996. He also worked with many economic and financial institutions, including the National Bureau of Economic Research; Salomon Brothers; Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), which Merton cofounded in 1994; Platinum Grove Asset Management, L.P., which he cofounded in 1999; the Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and Dimensional Fund Advisors...
LTH (physiology)
a protein hormone produced by the pituitary gland of mammals that acts with other hormones to initiate secretion of milk by the mammary glands. On the evolutionary scale, prolactin is an ancient hormone serving multiple roles in mediating the care of progeny (sometimes called the “parenting” hormone). It is a...
LTP (instrument)
LISA Pathfinder carries two instruments: the LISA Technology Package (LTP) and the Disturbance Reduction System (DRS). In the LTP two gold-platinum cubes, measuring 46 mm (1.8 inches) on a side, will be suspended in evacuated chambers 35 cm (13 inches) apart, and the distance between them will be measured to within 1 picometre (10−12 metre) using lasers. Such precise......
LTR (virology)
...group-specific antigens, the reverse transcriptase, the envelope glycoprotein, and the sarcoma-transforming protein. At each end of the genome are homologous flanking nucleotide sequences, known as long terminal repeats (LTR), which code for double-stranded DNA that can recognize host cell DNA sequences for integration of the proviral DNA into the host cell chromosome. Many retroviruses are......
LTTE (revolutionary organization, Sri Lanka)
guerrilla organization that sought to establish an independent Tamil state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka....
lü (musical instrument)
(Chinese lü: “law”), ancient Chinese musical instruments constructed for tuning purposes. To establish pitches, 12 bamboo pipes, closed at one end, were cut into graduated lengths. When blown across their open ends, they produced the 12 ...
Lú (county, Ireland)
county, in the province of Leinster, northeastern Ireland. The smallest county in area in Ireland, it is bounded by Northern Ireland (north), the Irish Sea (east), County Meath (south and west), and County Monaghan (northwest). Most of Louth is part of a central lowland, generally abou...
Lü (people)
The Lü people live in southern Yunnan and in nearby areas of Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos. Their houses are typically built on piles seven or eight feet high. They are culturally less Sinicized than the Tai of other Chinese provinces and maintain close relations with the Tai of Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos....
Lu (ancient state, China)
one of the vassal states of ancient China that originated during the Xi (Western) Zhou dynasty but came to prominence in the Warring States (Zhanguo) period (475–221 bc) of the Dong (Eastern) Zhou. One of the smaller of the warring states, Lu is known as the birthplace of Confucius (551–479 bc). The ...
Lu (chemical element)
(Lu), chemical element, rare-earth metal of the lanthanoid series of the periodic table; the hardest and densest rare-earth element, last member of the lanthanoid series. Lutetium was discovered (1907–08) by Carl Auer von Welsbach and Georges Urbain, working independently. Urbain ...
lü, 12 (music)
...musical instruments constructed for tuning purposes. To establish pitches, 12 bamboo pipes, closed at one end, were cut into graduated lengths. When blown across their open ends, they produced the 12 lü, or fundamental pitches, of the octave. These pipes should not be confused with the panpipe, or paixiao....
Lü Buwei (Chinese statesman)
Chinese statesman who was minister of the state of Qin, one of the small feudal kingdoms into which China was divided between 770 and 221 bce. Qin, in northwestern China, under Lü’s clever management, engulfed many of its neighbouring states, and by the end of Lü’s ministry China was well on the way to unification....
Lu Chi (Chinese poet and critic)
renowned Chinese literary critic and the first important writer to emerge from the kingdom of Wu (222–280)....
Lu Chiu-Yuan (Chinese philosopher)
Idealist neo-Confucian philosopher of the Southern Song and rival of his contemporary, the great neo-Confucian rationalist Zhu Xi. Lu’s thought was revised and refined three centuries later by the Ming dynasty neo-Confucian ...
Lu Dongbin (Chinese religious figure)
in Chinese religion, one of the Baxian, the Eight Immortals of Daoism, who discoursed in his Stork Peak refuge on the three categories of merit and the five grades of genies (spirits). He is depicted in art as a man of letters carrying a magic sword an...
Lu Erkui (Chinese writer)
...by Liu Jinzao, was revised and enlarged in 400 volumes in 1921. It includes contemporary material on fiscal, administrative, and industrial affairs and gives some attention to technical matters. Lu Erkui’s Ciyuan (1915), with a supplement issued in 1931, was the first really modern Chinese encyclopaedia and set the style for nearly all later works of this nature....
Lü Exu (empress of Han dynasty)
the first woman ruler of China, wife of Gaozu, the first emperor (reigned 206–195 bc) of the Han dynasty (206 bc–ad 220)....
Lu Fangweng (Chinese author)
one of the most important and prolific Chinese writers of the Southern Song dynasty, noted for his collection of nearly 10,000 poems as well as numerous prose pieces....
Lu Hsing (Chinese scholar)
In life, Luxing was a scholar who bore the name Shi Fen. In the 2nd century bc he was a favourite of Emperor Jing and was made a high official at the royal court. His family prospered through imperial generosity. Perhaps because the Chinese have many gods of wealth and happiness, Luxing is not nearly so widely honoured as is Shouxing, the god of longevity....
Lu Hsing (Chinese deity)
in Chinese mythology, one of three stellar gods known collectively as Fulushou. He was honoured as a deity who could make people happy through increased salaries or promotions that brought prosperity (lu)....
Lu Hsiu-ching (Chinese Daoist)
, scholar of Taoism in South China who edited the revealed Ling-pao scriptures that became the basis for the most important ritualistic, or liturgical, traditions in religious Taoism. His efforts to assemble Taoist texts and to unify Taoist rituals show the influence of Buddhism during the 5th century and led eventually to...
Lu Hsün (Chinese writer)
Chinese writer, commonly considered the greatest in 20th-century Chinese literature, who was also an important critic known for his sharp and unique essays on the historical traditions and modern conditions of China....
Lu Ji (Chinese poet and critic)
renowned Chinese literary critic and the first important writer to emerge from the kingdom of Wu (222–280)....
Lu Jiuyuan (Chinese philosopher)
Idealist neo-Confucian philosopher of the Southern Song and rival of his contemporary, the great neo-Confucian rationalist Zhu Xi. Lu’s thought was revised and refined three centuries later by the Ming dynasty neo-Confucian ...
Lu Mountains (mountains, China)
famous mountain area in northern Jiangxi province, southeastern China. Situated to the south of Jiujiang and west of Xingzi, it looks north over the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) valley and east over Lake Poyang. It forms the eastern...
Lü P’ei-Lin (Chinese Buddhist philosopher)
Chinese Buddhist monk and philosopher....
lü pipes (musical instrument)
(Chinese lü: “law”), ancient Chinese musical instruments constructed for tuning purposes. To establish pitches, 12 bamboo pipes, closed at one end, were cut into graduated lengths. When blown across their open ends, they produced the 12 ...
Lü Pu-wei (Chinese statesman)
Chinese statesman who was minister of the state of Qin, one of the small feudal kingdoms into which China was divided between 770 and 221 bce. Qin, in northwestern China, under Lü’s clever management, engulfed many of its neighbouring states, and by the end of Lü’s ministry China was well on the way to unification....
Lu Rongting (Chinese military leader)
...against the premier, Duan Qirui (Tuan Ch’i-jui). Elected generalissimo of a separatist regime in July, Sun had to resign and leave for Shanghai toward the middle of 1918, when he lost the support of Lu Rongting, the military overlord of Guangdong....
Lu Shan (mountains, China)
famous mountain area in northern Jiangxi province, southeastern China. Situated to the south of Jiujiang and west of Xingzi, it looks north over the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) valley and east over Lake Poyang. It forms the eastern...
Lu Shiheng (Chinese poet and critic)
renowned Chinese literary critic and the first important writer to emerge from the kingdom of Wu (222–280)....
Lü Tung-pin (Chinese religious figure)
in Chinese religion, one of the Baxian, the Eight Immortals of Daoism, who discoursed in his Stork Peak refuge on the three categories of merit and the five grades of genies (spirits). He is depicted in art as a man of letters carrying a magic sword an...
Lu Wuguan (Chinese author)
one of the most important and prolific Chinese writers of the Southern Song dynasty, noted for his collection of nearly 10,000 poems as well as numerous prose pieces....
Lu Xiangshan (Chinese philosopher)
Idealist neo-Confucian philosopher of the Southern Song and rival of his contemporary, the great neo-Confucian rationalist Zhu Xi. Lu’s thought was revised and refined three centuries later by the Ming dynasty neo-Confucian ...
Lu Xiujing (Chinese Daoist)
, scholar of Taoism in South China who edited the revealed Ling-pao scriptures that became the basis for the most important ritualistic, or liturgical, traditions in religious Taoism. His efforts to assemble Taoist texts and to unify Taoist rituals show the influence of Buddhism during the 5th century and led eventually to...
Lu Xun (Chinese writer)
Chinese writer, commonly considered the greatest in 20th-century Chinese literature, who was also an important critic known for his sharp and unique essays on the historical traditions and modern conditions of China....
Lu Yan (Chinese religious figure)
in Chinese religion, one of the Baxian, the Eight Immortals of Daoism, who discoursed in his Stork Peak refuge on the three categories of merit and the five grades of genies (spirits). He is depicted in art as a man of letters carrying a magic sword an...
Lu Yanshao (Chinese painter)
Chinese landscape painter whose vigorous style received critical acclaim in the late 20th century....
Lu Yen-shao (Chinese painter)
Chinese landscape painter whose vigorous style received critical acclaim in the late 20th century....
Lu You (Chinese author)
one of the most important and prolific Chinese writers of the Southern Song dynasty, noted for his collection of nearly 10,000 poems as well as numerous prose pieces....
Lu Yu (Chinese author)
one of the most important and prolific Chinese writers of the Southern Song dynasty, noted for his collection of nearly 10,000 poems as well as numerous prose pieces....
Lü Zhengcao (Chinese general)
Jan. 4, 1905Haicheng, Shengjing [now Liaoning province], ChinaOct. 13, 2009ChinaChinese general who was a hero of the Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) and was one of the 57 first generals designated in 1955 by the People’s Republic of China. Though he was purged in 1967 during the ...
Lü Zhengyan (Chinese general)
Jan. 4, 1905Haicheng, Shengjing [now Liaoning province], ChinaOct. 13, 2009ChinaChinese general who was a hero of the Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) and was one of the 57 first generals designated in 1955 by the People’s Republic of China. Though he was purged in 1967 during the ...
Lü Zhi (empress of Han dynasty)
the first woman ruler of China, wife of Gaozu, the first emperor (reigned 206–195 bc) of the Han dynasty (206 bc–ad 220)....
Lu Ziqian (Chinese author)
...his own thought. According to Zhu Xi, these thinkers had restored the transmission of the Confucian Way (dao), a process that had been lost after the death of Mencius. In 1175 Zhu Xi and his friend Lu Ziqian (1137–81) compiled passages from the works of the four to form their famous anthology, Jinsi Lu (“Reflections on Things at Hand”). Zhu Xi’s philosophical ...
Lu-chiang (Taiwan)
town and port in Chang-hua hsien (county), western coastal Taiwan, situated west of the city of Chang-hua, with which its fortunes have been closely linked. Formerly one of the chief ports of Taiwan, it absorbed many immigrants from the Chinese mainland cities of Amoy and Foochow in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. At one time, early in the 19th century, it is said...
Lu-chou (Sichuan province, China)
city, southern Sichuan sheng (province), China. Luzhou is a river port at the junction of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and the Tuo River. Its communications were further improved during World ...
Lu-kang (Taiwan)
town and port in Chang-hua hsien (county), western coastal Taiwan, situated west of the city of Chang-hua, with which its fortunes have been closely linked. Formerly one of the chief ports of Taiwan, it absorbed many immigrants from the Chinese mainland cities of Amoy and Foochow in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. At one time, early in the 19th century, it is said...
Lü-liang Shan (mountains, China)
range in Shanxi province, China. The name Lüliang Mountains generally refers to the whole system of ranges in the west and southwest of Shanxi, separating the north-south section of the Huang He (Yellow River) to the west from the valley of its tributary, the ...
Lu-shan Conference (Chinese history)
The Lushan Conference resulted in several major decisions: Peng Dehuai was replaced as defense minister by Lin Biao (who would later be marked for succession to Mao’s position of CCP chairman), the Great Leap Forward was scaled back, and a political campaign was launched to identify and remove all “rightist” elements. The third decision effectively canceled the second, as part...
lü-shih (Chinese poetic form)
a form of Chinese poetry that flourished in the Tang dynasty (618–907). It consists of eight lines of five or seven syllables, each line set down in accordance with strict tonal patterns....
Lü-shun (former city, Dalian, China)
former city and naval port, southern Liaoning sheng (province), northeastern China. In 1950 it was amalgamated with nearby Dalian to form the city of Lüda. In 1981, when Lüda was renamed Dalian, it became a district (under the name Lüshunkou) of the newly named city....
Lü-tsung (Buddhism)
school of Buddhist moral discipline primarily concerned with vinaya, or the rules of monastic and religious practice. The school was founded in China in the 7th century by the monk Tao-hsüan on the basis of Theravāda texts that emphasized the letter of the law, as compared with the later Mahāyāna texts that relied o...
Lu-Wang school (Chinese philosophy)
...Zhu Xi. Lu’s thought was revised and refined three centuries later by the Ming dynasty neo-Confucian Wang Yangming. The name of their school is the Learning of the Heart-and-Mind (xinxue), often called the Lu-Wang school, after its two great proponents. It was opposed to the other great (and dominant) school, the Learning of Principle (lixue), often called...
Lua (people)
...numbers of Khmer speakers remain in northeastern and eastern Thailand. Small numbers of upland-dwelling speakers of Mon-Khmer languages are also found in northern and northeastern Thailand. The Lua, for instance, speak Lawa, an Austroasiatic language, possibly of the Mon-Khmer subfamily. According to some historians, these people inhabited the delta plain until they were driven into the......
luakini heiau (ancient Hawaiian religious site)
...they named Hawai‘i by outrigger canoe as early as 400 ce. A second wave of settlement followed in the 9th or 10th century. The Big Island was the site of the first luakini heiau (a ceremonial structure used for worship and for human sacrifice). There too, centuries later, Kamehameha I, who is considered one of the greatest Hawaiian king...
Lualaba River (river, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
headstream of the Congo River. Its 1,100-mile (1,800-kilometre) course lies entirely within Congo (Kinshasa), central Africa. It rises on the Katanga (Shaba) plateau at about 4,600 feet (1,400 m), near Musofi, Congo. Its upper course descends to the Manika Plateau and is marked by falls and rapids. Its drop to the Kamolondo ...
Lu’an (China)
city in southeastern Shanxi sheng (province), China. It is situated in the Lu’an plain—a basin surrounded by the western highlands of the Taihang Mountains, watered by the upper streams of the Zhuozhang River. It is a communication centre; to the northeast a route and a railway via Licheng, in Shanxi, cross...
Luan He (river, China)
river in Hebei province, northern China. The Luan rises in northern Hebei and flows northward into the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region through steep gorges; in its headstream it is called the Shandian River. It passes north of the ancient Mongol capital of Shangdu (Kaiping), for which this section of the upper course is named the Shangdu Ri...
Luan Ho (river, China)
river in Hebei province, northern China. The Luan rises in northern Hebei and flows northward into the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region through steep gorges; in its headstream it is called the Shandian River. It passes north of the ancient Mongol capital of Shangdu (Kaiping), for which this section of the upper course is named the Shangdu Ri...
Lu’an plain (basin, China)
city in southeastern Shanxi sheng (province), China. It is situated in the Lu’an plain—a basin surrounded by the western highlands of the Taihang Mountains, watered by the upper streams of the Zhuozhang River. It is a communication centre; to the northeast a route and a railway via Licheng, in Shanxi, cross the Taihang range to Handan, Hebei, o...
Luan River (river, China)
river in Hebei province, northern China. The Luan rises in northern Hebei and flows northward into the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region through steep gorges; in its headstream it is called the Shandian River. It passes north of the ancient Mongol capital of Shangdu (Kaiping), for which this section of the upper course is named the Shangdu Ri...
Luanda (Angola)
city, capital of Angola. Located on the Atlantic coast of northern Angola, it is the country’s largest city and one of its busiest seaports. Founded in 1576 by Paulo Dias de Novais and initially settled by the Portuguese, Luanda became the administrative centre of the Portuguese colony of Angola in 1627 and was a major outlet for slave traffic to Brazil...
Luanda Railway (railway, Angola)
...Democratic Republic of the Congo, on which the railway’s profitability depended; but, after the start of the civil war, it did not function east of Huambo and often was completely out of use. The Luanda Railway, which was nationalized in 1918, depended on coffee and cotton for its traffic. The Namibe Railway, which has been owned by the state from the outset, depended on the shipment of ...
Luandrew, Albert (American musician)
(ALBERT LUANDREW), U.S. blues musician (b. Sept. 5, 1907, Vance, Miss.--d. March 17, 1995, Chicago, Ill.), introduced his own powerful brand of Mississippi Delta-blues piano and helped build post-World War II Chicago into a major centre for the performance and recording of classic and electrified blues music. The son of a preacher and the grandson of a slave, he learned to play organ and piano in ...
Luang Lake (lagoon, Gulf of Thailand)
coastal lake or lagoon (thale), southern Thailand, on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. The lake, 50 miles (80 km) long and up to 15 miles (24 km) wide, is dotted with islands. It is a fertile fishing ground and is connected to the Gulf of Thailand...
Luang Prabang (Laos)
town, northern Laos. A port on the Mekong River, Louangphrabang lies 130 miles (210 km) north-northwest of Vientiane, the national capital....
Luang Prabang, kingdom of (historical state, Laos)
...to the throne subsequently rebelled against him and tried to set up a new state, and he called in Burmese assistance against them (c. 1763). In 1764, when the Burmese attacked his rival Luang Prabang, Vientiane troops assisted the Burmese....
Luang Pradist Manudharm (Thai political leader)
Thai political leader who was one of the instigators of the June 1932 constitutional revolution and was made prime minister in 1946....
Luangwa National Park (park, Zambia)
park located in northeastern Zambia, southern Africa. Divided into two separate parks, one north and one south, the Luangwa National Park covers an area of 6,000 square miles (15,540 square km) and lies at an elevation varying from about 1,600 to 3,600 feet (500 to 1,100 metres). Following a period of decl...
Luangwa River (river, East Africa)
river rising on the Malawi–Zambia border, southern Africa. From its source near Isoka, Zambia, it flows 500 miles (800 km) south-southwest, skirting the Muchinga Mountains to join the Zambezi River between Luangwa (formerly Feira), Zambia, and Z...
Luanshya (Zambia)
municipality, central Zambia, southern Africa. Known as “the garden town of the copper belt,” Luanshya is the service centre for the adjacent Roan Antelope mine. The terminus of a rail branch from Ndola (21 miles [34 km] northeast), Luanshya is also connected by road to other copper-belt town...
Luapula River (river, Zambia)
river in south-central Africa, rising in the Bangweulu Swamps (one of the world’s largest wetlands) lying east of Lake Bangweulu in eastern Zambia. For most of its 350-mile (560-kilometre) course the river forms part of the boundary between Zambia and Congo (Kinshasa). The Luapula slopes gently through most of its southward- then westwar...
Luarca (town, Spain)
town, northwestern Asturias provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northwestern Spain. It lies on the Bay of Biscay at the mouth of the Negro River. Fishing, ...
luau (banquet)
a modern Hawaiian banquet. Luau originally denoted only the leaves of the taro plant, which are eaten as a vegetable; it came to refer to the dishes prepared with the leaves and then to the feasts at which the dishes were eaten. The term designates the modern, informal feast, as distinct from the ancient ceremonial banquets that were ritualized and attended only by men....
Luba (people)
a Bantu-speaking cluster of peoples who inhabit a wide area extending throughout much of south-central Congo (Kinshasa). They numbered about 5,594,000 in the late 20th century. The name Luba applies to a variety of peoples who, though of different origins, speak closely related languages, exhibit many common cultural traits, and share a common...
Luba (Equatorial Guinea)
...live mostly in villages on the lower slopes of Santa Isabel Peak, in northern Bioko, as well as in their traditional homeland, the Moca Heights. Another town of some importance on the island is Luba, on the southwest coast; it is linked with the capital by a paved road that runs through a series of Bubi settlements. Basilé, on the slopes of Santa Isabel Peak, provides a cool refuge......
luba (Oromo social class)
...was based upon an “age-set” system known as gada, in which all males born into an eight-year generation moved together through all the stages of life. The warrior classes (luba) raided and rustled in order to prove themselves, and in the 16th century they began to undertake long-distance expeditions, availing themselves of the collapse of the frontier defenses of......
Luba-Bambo (people)
...from approximately the late 15th through the late 19th century. (See Luba-Lunda states.) Three main subdivisions may be recognized: the Luba-Shankaji of Katanga, the Luba-Bambo of Kasai, and the Luba-Hemba of northern Katanga and southern Kivu. All are historically, linguistically, and culturally linked with other Congo peoples. The Shankaji branch is also......
Luba-Hemba (people)
...15th through the late 19th century. (See Luba-Lunda states.) Three main subdivisions may be recognized: the Luba-Shankaji of Katanga, the Luba-Bambo of Kasai, and the Luba-Hemba of northern Katanga and southern Kivu. All are historically, linguistically, and culturally linked with other Congo peoples. The Shankaji branch is also connected with the early founder...
Luba-Lunda states (historical empire, Africa)
a complex of states that flourished in Central Africa (in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) from the late 15th to the late 19th century. The Luba state was situated east of the Kasai River around the headwaters of the...
Luba-Shankaji (people)
...Luba empires, which flourished from approximately the late 15th through the late 19th century. (See Luba-Lunda states.) Three main subdivisions may be recognized: the Luba-Shankaji of Katanga, the Luba-Bambo of Kasai, and the Luba-Hemba of northern Katanga and southern Kivu. All are historically, linguistically, and culturally linked with other Congo peoples. T...
Lubaantun (ancient city, Central America)
...which extends seaward perpendicularly from the main divide. The mountains take their name from the Maya people, who retreated into the mountains before the Spaniards, leaving great centres, such as Lubaantun on the mountains’ southeastern periphery, deserted behind them....
Lubale (people)
Bantu-speaking people of northwestern Zambia and southeastern Angola. In terms of history, language, material culture, and religion, the Luvale are closely related to the Lunda and Ndembu to the northeast, who extend northward into southern Congo (Kinshasa). They are also culturally similar to the Kaonde to the east, and to ...
Lubalin, Herb (American graphic designer)
...for photographic typesetting, the widespread use of phototype systems set off a spate of new designs and reissues of long-unavailable typefaces, such as decorative Victorian wood types. American Herb Lubalin is notable among the designers who embraced the new flexibility phototype made possible for designers. Type could be set in any size, the spaces between letters and lines could be......
Lubanga Dyilo, Thomas (Congolese militia leader)
Recognition by the international community of the serious nature of enlisting children in warfare was highlighted in 2009 when warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo became the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court. He was accused of having committed war crimes (recruiting children as soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The UN was also at the forefront of......
Lubango (Angola)
city, southwestern Angola, about 100 miles (160 km) east of Namibe (formerly Moçâmedes), to which it is linked by rail. The city was originally established in 1885 as a settlement for colonists from the Madeira Islands. It lies at an elevation of 5,774 feet (1,760 metres) in a valley of the Huíla Plateau and is surrounde...
Lubavich (Jewish religious sect)
city, southwestern Angola, about 100 miles (160 km) east of Namibe (formerly Moçâmedes), to which it is linked by rail. The city was originally established in 1885 as a settlement for colonists from the Madeira Islands. It lies at an elevation of 5,774 feet (1,760 metres) in a valley of the Huíla Plateau and is surrounde...
Lubavitch (Jewish religious sect)
city, southwestern Angola, about 100 miles (160 km) east of Namibe (formerly Moçâmedes), to which it is linked by rail. The city was originally established in 1885 as a settlement for colonists from the Madeira Islands. It lies at an elevation of 5,774 feet (1,760 metres) in a valley of the Huíla Plateau and is surrounde...
Lubbe, Marinus van der (Dutch arsonist)
...president and Hitler’s chief minister, who was then to conduct an official investigation, which would fix responsibility for the fire on the communists. The supposed arsonist was a Dutchman, Marinus van der Lubbe, whom some have claimed was brought to the scene of the crime by Nazi agents. Others have contended that there was no proof of Nazi complicity in the crime, but that Hitler......
lubber grasshopper (insect)
The family Acrididae is divided into three subfamilies. The spur-throated grasshoppers, subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae, include some of the most destructive species. In North America the eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera) is 5–7 cm long and has large red wings bordered in black. The western lubber grasshopper (Brachystola magna), also called the buffalo......
lubber’s line
...mounted in gimbals. A flexible diaphragm or bellows attached to the bowl accommodates the change in volume of the liquid caused by temperature changes. The ship’s heading is read with the aid of the lubber’s line, which is oriented toward the forward part of the compass to indicate the direction of the ship’s centre line....
Lubbertszoon, Meyndert (Dutch painter)
Dutch painter, one of the most important Baroque landscapists of the Dutch school....
Lubbock (Texas, United States)
city, seat (1891) of Lubbock county, northwestern Texas, U.S., some 120 miles (190 km) south of Amarillo; it is the commercial hub of the South Plains. Formed in 1890 from Old Lubbock and Monterey and named for Colonel Tom S. Lubbock, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, it developed as a ranching centre, but ...
Lubbock (county, Texas, United States)
city, seat (1891) of Lubbock county, northwestern Texas, U.S., some 120 miles (190 km) south of Amarillo; it is the commercial hub of the South Plains. Formed in 1890 from Old Lubbock and Monterey and named for Colonel Tom S. Lubbock, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, it developed as a ranching centre, but ......
Lubbock, John, 1st Baron Avebury (British banker, politician, and naturalist)
banker, influential Liberal-Unionist politician, and naturalist who successfully promoted about a dozen measures of some importance in Parliament but was perhaps best known for his books on archaeology and entomology....