Lys

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Lys may refer to any of the following:

  • Heraldry
    • Fleur-de-lys or Fleur-de-lis, a stylized representation of a lily or iris, used in heraldry
  • Geographical
    • The Lys or Leie, a river in France and Belgium
    • Lys, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France
    • Lys (département), a département during the First French Empire, nowadays in Belgium
    • Lys, an old orthography of Liss, Hampshire, England
  • Biochemistry
    • Lys is an abbreviation for the amino acid lysine
  • People
    • Jan Lys, a German painter (c1590-1629).
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