# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Volume XV

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| | Volume XV Loo – Memphis | Volume XV Loo – Memphis | |
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| Loo, card game. Loochoo Islands (Lew-Chew Islands, q.v.), North Pacific. Loom, for weaving (q.v.). Loom, bird. Lope de Vega Carpio, Spanish dramatist and poet (See Vega Carpio). Lopez, Carlos Antonio, Paraguayan ruler. Lopez, Francisco Solano, Paraguayan general. Lorca, town, Spain. Lorenzo Marques, Portuguese settlement, South-East Africa. Loreto, town, Italy. Lorient, town, France. Lorraine, territory, France and Germany. Lory, bird. Los Angeles, town, California, U.S.A. Lot, Scripture patriarch. Lot, department, France. Lot-et-Garonne, department, France. Lothair I., emperor. Lothair, the Saxon, emperor. Lothian, district, Scotland. Lotteries. Lotus-Eaters, Libyan tribe. Lotze, Rudolph Hermann, German philosopher. Loudun, town, France. Loughborough, town, England. Louis I., the Pious, emperor. Louis II., emperor. Louis III., emperor. Louis IV., the Child, emperor. Louis IV., or V., emperor. Louis, the German, German king. Louis I., king of France (emperor Louis I.). Louis II., the Stammerer, of France. Louis III., of France. Louis IV., D'Outremer, of France. Louis V., Le Fainéant, of France. Louis VI., Le Gros, of France. Louis VII., Le Jeune, of France. Louis VIII., Le Lion, of France. Louis IX., St, of France. Louis X., Le Hutin, of France. Louis XI., of France. Louis XII., of France. Louis XIII., of France. Louis XIV., Le Grand, of France. Louis XV., of France. Louis XVI., of France. Louis XVII., titular king of France. Louis XVIII., king of France. Louis Philippe, king of the French. Louisa, queen of Prussia. Louisiana, State, U.S.A. Louisville, town, Kentucky, U.S.A. Loulé, town, Portugal. Lourdes, town, France. Louse, insect. Louth, county, Ireland. Louth, town, England. Louvain, town, Belgium. Louviers, town, France. Louvois, Marquis de, French war minister. Lovat, Lord, Scottish Jacobite. Love-Bird. Lovelace, Richard, English poet. Lover, Samuel, Irish novelist. Lowell, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Lowestoft, town, England. Lowicz, town, Russian Poland. Lowth, Robert, bishop of London. Loyalty Islands, South Pacific. Loyola, Ignatius de, St, founder of the Jesuits. Lozère, department, France. | Lübeck, free city, Germany. Lublin, town, Russian Poland. Lubricants, machine oils. Lucan, Marcus Annæus, Roman poet. Lucania, ancient province, Italy. Lucaris, Cyril, Greek Church (q.v.) reformer. Lucas of Leyden, Dutch artist. Lucca, town, Italy. Lucca, Baths of, Italy. Lucena, town, Spain. Lucera, town, Italy. Lucerne, canton & town, Switzerland. Lucerne, Lake of, Switzerland. Lucia, St, of Syracuse. Lucian, Greek satirist. Lucian, editor of Septuagint and martyr. Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari. Lucilius, Roman poet and satirist. Lucius, I.–III., popes. Lücke, Gottfried Christian Friedrich, German theologian. Luckenwalde, town, Prussia. Lucknow, district & town, India. Lucretius (T. Lucretius Carus), Roman poet. Lucullus, Lucius Licinius, Roman consul. Luddites, English rioters (1811). Ludhiana, or Ludiana, district & town, India. Ludlow, town, England. Ludlow, Edmund, Cromwellian general. Ludolf, Hiob, German Orientalist. Ludwigsburg, town, Würtemberg. Ludwigshafen, suburb of Mannheim (q.v.), Germany. Lugano, town, Switzerland. Lugano, Lake of, Switzerland. Lugansk, town, Russia. Lugo, province & town, Spain. Lugos, town, Hungary. Luini, Bernardino, Italian painter. Luke, St, the Evangelist. Luke, Gospel of (See Gospels). Lukow, or Lukoff, town, Russian Poland. Lukoyanoff, town, Russia. Lully, Giovanni Battista, musician. Lully, Raymond, Spanish devotee. Lumbago, disease. Lump-Sucker, fish. Lund, town, Sweden. Lüneburg, town, Prussia. Lunéville, town, France. Lupercalia, Roman festival. Lupine, plant. Luray Cavern, Virginia, U.S.A. Lurgan, town, Ireland. Luristan, province, Persia. Lusatia, district, Germany. Lushai Hills, district, India. Lustration, Greek and Roman rite. Lute, musical instrument. Luther, Martin German Reformer. Lutherans. Luton, town, England. Lutzk, town, Russia. Luxembourg, Duc de, marshal of France. Luxemburg, grand-duchy & town, Europe. Luxemburg, province, Belgium. Luxor, town, Egypt. Luzon, island, Philippines (q.v.). Lycanthropy, belief in animal transformation. Lycaon, mythical king of Arcadia. Lycaonia, province, Asia Minor. Lycia, district, Asia Minor. Lycophron, Greek poet. Lycopodium, genus of mosses. Lycurgus, Spartan lawgiver. Lycurgus, Attic orator. Lydgate, John, English monk and poet. Lydia, district, Asia Minor. Lyell, Sir Charles, British geologist. Lyly, or Lylie, John, English writer and dramatist. Lymington, town, England. Lynchburg, town, Virginia, U.S.A. Lynch Law. Lyndhurst, Lord, lord chancellor of England. Lyndsay, Sir David, early Scottish writer. Lynn, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Lynn Regis, town, England. Lynx, carnivorous mammal. Lyons, town, France. Lyons, Lord, English admiral. Lyra, Nicolaus de, mediæval commentator. Lyre, musical instrument. Lyre-Bird. Lysander, Lacedæmonian leader. Lysias, Attic orator. Lysimachus, Macedonian king. Lysippus, Greek sculptor. Lyte, Henry Francis, hymn-writer. Lyttelton, Lord, English statesman and man of letters. Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Lord, English writer. | M, the thirteenth letter of the alphabet. Maas, or Meuse (q.v.), river, France, Belgium, and Holland. Mabillon, Jean, French historian. Mabinogion, Welsh romances (See Celtic Literature). Mabuse, Jan Gossart, Flemish painter (See Gossart). Macao, Portuguese settlement, China. Macaroni, article of food. Macartney, Earl of, English diplomatist. Macassar, department, Celebes (q.v.). Macaulay, Lord, English essayist and historian. ... Madison, town, Indiana, U.S.A. Madison, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Madison, James, president of the United States. ... Maine, old province, France. Maine, State, U.S.A. ... Manchester, town, England. Manchester, town, Connecticut, U.S.A. Manchester, town, New Hampshire, U.S.A. ... Mandeville, Bernard de, moralist. Mandeville, Jehan de, or Sir John, writer of travels. Mandi, state, Punjab, India. Mandingoes, African people. ... Manila, town, Philippine Islands. Manila Hemp, vegetable fibre. ... Marlow, Great, town, England. Marlowe, Christopher, English dramatist. ... Marsh, George Perkins, American diplomatist and philologist. Marshal, title. Marshall, John, American chief-justice. Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean (See Micronesia). Marshalltown, town, Iowa, U.S.A. Marshman, Joshua, English missionary and Orientalist. Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinand (Marsilius), Italian soldier and savant. Marston, John, English satirist and dramatist. Marsyas, Phrygian god. Marten, carnivorous mammal. ... Maryland, State, U.S.A. ... Massachusetts, State, U.S.A. ... Massillon, Jean Baptiste, French preacher. Massinger, Philip, English dramatist. Massorah, or Massora, of Jewish Scriptures. ... | ... Measurement, Geometrical. ... Memphis, ancient town, Egypt. Memphis, town, Tennessee, U.S.A. |