Levee (disambiguation)
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A levee is a type of riverbank flood control system.
Levee or Levée may also refer to: A ridge or bank formed by deposits of alluvium left behind by the periodic flooding of rivers.
Places
- Levee, California, former town in Kern County
- Levee Township, Pike County, Illinois
- The Levee, former red-light district in Chicago, Illinois
People
- John Levee (1924–2017), American abstract artist
- M. C. Levee (1891–1972), American film executive
Companies
- Levee (company) (full name: Levee Strumpfwaren Vertriebs-GmbH), German manufacturer of stockings and hosiery
Other uses
- Levee (ceremony), custom of King Louis XIV
- Levée (event), New Year's Day social event in Canada
- Levee (horse), a Kentucky thoroughbred racehorse
- Levée en masse, type of mass conscription
See also
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