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Lusaka (city, capital, Zambia)
Lusatia (region, Germany/Poland)
Lüshun (city, China)
Lusignan (French royalties)
Lusitania (Roman province)
Lusitania (ship)
lusterware (in sculpture)
lute (instrument)
lutetium (element, metal)
Lutheranism (in church, Protestantism)
Luton (city, England)
Lutsk (city, Ukraine)
Lützen (city, Germany)
Luxembourg (grand duchy, W Europe)
Luxembourg (province, Belgium)
Luxembourg (city, Luxembourg)
Luxembourg Palace (structure, France)
Luxeuil (structure, France)
Luxor (city, ancient city, Egypt)
luxury tax (in economics)
Luz (place, ancient city)
Luzon (island, Philippines)
Lviv (city, Ukraine)
Lw (symbol)
Lyakhov Islands (island group, Russia)
lycanthropy (character)
Lycaonia (ancient country, Asia Minor/Turkey)
Lyceum (gymnasium near ancient Athens)
lyceum (19th-century American educational association)
Lycia (ancient country)
Lycopodiophyta (division)
Lydd (city, England)
Lydia (in the Bible)
lye (in chemistry)
Lyme disease (disease, bacteria)
Lyme Regis (city, England)
Lymington and Pennington (city, England)
lymphatic system (in anatomy)
Lynbrook (city, New York)
Lynchburg (city, Virginia)
lynching (in law)
Lyndhurst (city, Ohio)
Lynn (city, Massachusetts)
Lynn Canal (body of water, Alaska)
Lynnfield (city, Massachusetts)
Lynnwood (city, Washington)
Lynwood (city, California)
lynx (mammal, carnivore)
Lyonnais (region, former province, France)