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Lais

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Lais or Laïs may refer to one of the following:

Places

Lais, Indonesia, a district in the Musi Banyuasin Regency in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia
Lais River in Arjeplog Municipality, Sweden
Lais (barony), a former barony and castle near Tartu, Estonia
Lais, Latin name for Laish, an earlier Biblical name for the city of Dan

People

Lais of Corinth (fl. 425 BCE), a courtesan
Lais of Hyccara (fl. 385 BCE), a courtesan
Laïs (physician) (fl. 1st/2nd century BCE), an ancient Greek midwife and physician
The Lais of Marie de France

Other

Laïs (band), a musical group
Plural for Lai (poetic form)
Breton lais, a form of British medieval romance literature
Genus of flowering plants, now considered to be Hippeastrum

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