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Lechaim magazine Lechaim (Лехаим) is the flagship magazine of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC). It is printed monthly in Russian, with sections on news, memoirs, Torah studies, Jewish culture and art, literature and interviews.
Lechaina Lechainá (Λεχαινά), also Lechena or Lehena is a town in the Prefecture of Ilia, Greece that is 39 km (previously 37 km) north of the nearby city of Pyrgos and regions of Messenia and Arcadia. It is also located far west of Athens, Greece and 60 km (previously 61 km) southwest of Patras.
Lechaio Lechaio (Greek Modern: Λέχαιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n), also: Lecheo, older form: Lechaion, Lechaeum is a community in the municipality of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia. Distances are about 4 to 5 km W of Corinth, SE of Kiato.
Leche caspi (Couma macrocarpa) Leche caspi (Couma macrocarpa), or cow tree, is a species of tropical plant native to tropical humid America. It is also distributed throughout the Amazon basin of Central and South America, being found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela.
Lechedzani Luza Lechedzani Luza (born December 20, 1978) is a boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the first round of the Men's Flyweight (51 kg) division by Morocco's Hicham Mesbahi.
Lecher lines Lecher lines are a form of parallel conductor that can be used at UHF for creating resonant circuits. They are used at frequencies between HF/VHF where lumped components are used, and UHF/SHF where resonant cavities are more practical.
Lechia LwĂłw Lechia LwĂłw (full name: Lwowski Klub Sportowy "Lechia" LwĂłw) was the first Polish professional football club, founded on summer 1903 in LwĂłw. During the Second Republic of Poland the club was one of four teams from LwĂłw that played in the Polish Football First league (season 1931 - 12th).
Lechitic languages The Lechitic languages include three languages spoken in Central Europe, principally in Poland, and historically also in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Vorpommern, in the north-eastern region of modern Germany. This language group is a branch of the larger West Slavic language family.
Lechkhumi Lechkhumi, also spelled Lecxumi (Georgian: ლეჩხუმი) is a historic province in northwestern Georgia which comprises the area along the middle basin of the Rioni and Tskhenistskali and also the Lajanuri river valley. Now part of the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, it corresponds roughly to the present day Tsageri district as well as parts of districts of Tsq’altubo and Ambrolauri.
Lechmere (MBTA station) Lechmere is the north (railroad east) terminus of the MBTA Green Line. It is located in Lechmere Square in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, near the intersection of Cambridge Street and Monsignor O'Brien Highway (Route 28).
Lechriodus The Lechriodus is a genus of ground-dwelling from the Myobatrachidae family, native to eastern Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. They are medium sized frogs and the dorsal skin has a sandpaper like texture.
Lechuguilla Cave Lechuguilla Cave is, as of 2006, the sixth longest cave (116 mi, or 187 km) known to exist in the world, and the deepest in the continental United States (489 m, or 1604 ft), but it is most famous for its unusual geology, unparalleled formations, and pristine condition.
Lei Áurea The Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that finally abolished slavery in Brazil. It was preceded by the Rio Branco Law of September 28, 1871, which freed all children born to slave parents.
Lei Clijsters Leo ("Lei") Clijsters (born November 9, 1956), is a Belgian former professional football (soccer) defender. He played for the club KV Mechelen, with whom he he won the European Cup Winners Cup and the European Super Cup.
Lei Feng Lei Feng (雷锋; Léi Fēng) (December 18, 1940 - August 15, 1962) was a soldier of the People's Liberation Army of the PRC. He was characterized by propaganda as a selfless and modest figure after his death and consequently was an idol to many.
Lei Gong In Chinese mythology, Lei Gong (雷公) (Chinese: “Duke of Thunder”), also called Lei Shen (“Thunder God”), is the Chinese Taoist deity who, when so ordered by heaven, punishes both earthly mortals guilty of secret crimes and evil spirits who have used their knowledge of Taoism to harm human beings. Lei Gong carries a drum and mallet to produce thunder and a chisel to punish evildoers.
Lei cha Lei cha (擂茶; lěi chá; lit. "pounded tea") is a hakka tea-based beverage or gruel consisting of a mix of tea leaves that are ground or pounded together with various roasted nuts, seeds, and grains.
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum (李鄭屋古墓) is composed of an ancient brick tomb and of an exhibition hall adjacent to it. It is located at 41 Tonkin Street, in Sham Shui Po District, in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong.
Lei tai The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 – “Beat (a drum) Platform”) is a raised fighting platform, without railings, where often fatal weapons and bare-knuckle martial arts tournaments were once held. "Sanctioned" matches were presided over by a referee on the platform and judges on the sides.
Lei Yue Mun Road Lei Yue Mun Road (鯉魚門道) is a major road in Lam Tin, Hong Kong. It runs from the junction with Tsui Ping Road and Kwun Tong Road near MTR Kwun Tong Station to the roundabout with Ko Chiu Road near Lei Yue Mun Estate in Yau Tong.
Leiðarhólmsskrá Leiðarhólmsskrá was an agreement and an open letter to the King, named officials and the whole public, signed by 26 Icelandic chieftains in 1513, protesting ecclesiastical encroachment. Primarily the violation of the Sættargjörðin í Túnsbergi, a treaty from 1277, reinstated in 1458, where power was divided between Church and King.
Leib Gurwicz Rabbi Aryeh Ze'ev (Leib) Gurwicz (1906-1982) was an influential Orthodox Rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elyah Lopian and best known as Rosh Yeshiva of the Gateshead Yeshiva in Gateshead, England.
Leib Kvitko Leib Kvitko (, ) (October 15, 1890 — August 12, 1952) was a prominent Yiddish poet, an author of well-known children's poems and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC). He was one of the editors of Einigkeit (the JAC's newspaper) and of the Heymland, a literary magazine. He was executed in Moscow on August 12, 1952 together with twelve other members of the JAC, a massacre known as the Night of the Murdered Poets.
Leibnitz (crater) Leibnitz is a huge lunar crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon, as seen from the Earth. In dimension this formation is the same size as the Clavius crater on the near side.
Leibniz algebra In mathematics, a (left) Leibniz algebra (sometimes called a Loday algebra) is a module A over a commutative ring R with a bilinear product [,] such that [a,[b,c]] = a,b],c] + [b,[a,c. In other words, left multiplication by any element a is a derivation.
Leibniz notation In calculus, the Leibniz notation, named in honor of the 17th century German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was originally the use of dx and dy and so forth to represent "infinitely small" increments of quantities x and y, just as Δx and Δy represent finite increments of x and y respectively. According to Leibniz, the derivative of y with respect to x, which mathematicians later came to view as
Leibniz rule (generalized product rule) In calculus, the Leibniz rule, named after Gottfried Leibniz, generalizes the product rule. It states that if f and g are n-times differentiable functions, then the nth derivative of the product fg is given by
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft The Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (complete title: Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz . In English: Scientific Community Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz) is a union of German research institutes from various branches of study.
Leica Leica is the name of several cameras produced by a German company of the same name. The company, formerly Ernst Leitz GmbH, is now three companies: Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and Leica Microsystems GmbH, which produce cameras, geosurvey equipment and microscopes, respectively.
Leica Digilux 2 The Digilux 2 is a digital camera model sold by Leica Camera AG supplies, with the body manufactured in Japan by Matsushita, which sells a variant as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1. Its image sensor is a CCD with 5.
Leica Freedom Train During the 1930's and 1940's the son of the founder of the Leica camera company, Ernst Leitz II, a Protestant, and his daughter Dr. Elsie Kuehn-Leitz smuggled hundreds of Jews out of Germany before the Holocaust.
Leica Geosystems Leica Geosystems (formerly known as Wild Heerbrugg or just Wild) based in eastern Switzerland produces products and systems for surveying and geographical measurement (geomatics). Its products employ a variety of technologies including GPS satellite navigation and laser range-finders to enable users to model existing structures, terrains in computer based systems to high accuracies, often under 1 cm.
Leica reel In film, specifically animation, a leica reel is a type of storyboarding device used in the production of potential series or features. Unlike actual storyboards or pitches, leica reels (when made) are used later in the development process, usually after voice actors have been hired and recorded, and thus are not used for selling or marketing the project.
Leica R bayonet The Leica R bayonet lens mount is the standard method of connecting a lens to the Leica R series of 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. The mount is descended from those used for the Leicaflex, Leicaflex SL and Leicaflex SL2 SLR cameras, but differs in the cams used to communicate lens aperture information to the camera.
Leica R9 The Leica R9 is a manual focus 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by the German firm of Leica as part of their R series of cameras. It was released in 2002, replacing the very similar Leica R8, upon which it improved in several aspects.
Leicester and District League The Leicester and District League is an association football competition based in England. The league has three divisions, of which the highest, the Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Leicestershire Senior League.
Leicester and its relationship with the River Soar and Grand Union Canal This entry aims to examine the ways in which the natural and urban environment overlap and change with respect to one another over time and space in an urban setting. The entry will focus on Leicester and its relationship with the River Soar and Grand Union Canal.
Leicester Abbey Leicester Abbey, the Abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis ("St Mary of the Meadows"), standing about a mile (2 km) north of the city of Leicester in the riverside meadows of the navigable Soar, was built under the patronage of Robert le Bossu, Earl of Leicester. It was founded as a community of Augustinian Canons, the canons regular of the Order of Saint Augustine.
Leicester Athena Athena is a conferencing and banqueting venue in the heart of the new cultural quarter of Leicester City Centre. The landmark building was originally designed in 1936 by Robert Arthur Bullivant as an Odeon cinema but was closed during the 90s.
Leicester City Centre The modern City Centre of Leicester is roughly delineated by Leicester's inner ring-road, designated the A594. This area incorporates most of Leicester's shopping, with The Shires and the Haymarket Centre and the historic core of Leicester including Leicester Cathedral and the market.
Leicester Comedy Festival The Leicester Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in a number of venues across Leicester, England early in the year. The comedy festival started in 1994 with 40 events in 23 venues over 7 days throughout Leicestershire attracting 5,000 people.
Leicester General Hospital Leicester General Hospital is a National Health Service hospital located in Evington, about 3 miles east of Leicester City Centre, and is a part of University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust. It has approximately 680 beds.
Leicester Grammar School Leicester Grammar School (LGS), founded in 1981 is an independent secondary school situated in the centre of Leicester, United Kingdom, close to Leicester Cathedral, with which it has close links. The school's location is unusual for a secondary school in the United Kingdom for its proximity to the city centre, as well as being included in the Guildhall Conservation Area, one of three designated conservation areas within Leicester.
Leicester Longhorns The Leicester Longhorns are a member of the British Collegiate American Football League (BCAFL)'s Northern Conference-Central Division. Leicester has fielded a BCAFL team since the league's second season in 1986-87.
Leicester Medical School Leicester Medical School is a medical school in England. Part of the University of Leicester, it offers five-year and four-year (graduate entryfor graduates with degrees in Health Sciences) courses in medicine, awarding its graduates the MBChB degree.
Leicester South by-election, 2004 A by-election was held in Leicester South on July 15, the same day as the Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election. It was won by Parmjit Singh Gill of the Liberal Democrats, over-turning a Labour majority of 13,243 votes at the 2001 General Election.
Leicester Square Leicester Square (pronounced "Lester Square") is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west.
Leicester Tigers Leicester Football Club (nicknamed Leicester Tigers) richard wilson is a homosexual English rugby union club that plays in the Guinness Premiership. The club has been the most successful English club of the professional era, winning the Heineken Cup twice and the league five times under the captaincy of Martin Johnson, all in the space of 7 years.
Leicester Urban Area The Leicester Urban Area is a conurbation based around the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. While it has no formal definition as an administrative area, the Office for National Statistics does define a Leicester Urban Area with a population of 441,213 at the time of the 2001 census.
Leicester Western Bypass Constructed in the early 1990's, the Leicester Western Bypass refers to a section of the A46, between the M1 motorway and Syston. The name refers to the fact that it allows traffic to bypass the west of the city, although it actually runs from north west of the city to the north east.
Leicester's Men The Earl of Leicester's Men was a playing company or troupe of actors in English Renaissance theatre, active mainly in the 1570s and 1580s in the reign of Elizabeth I. In many respects, it was the major company in Elizabethan drama up to that time, and established the pattern for the companies that would follow: it was the first to be awarded a royal patent, and the first to occupy one of the new public theatres of the age on a permanent basis.
Leicestershire Leicestershire (, abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire.
Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club Cricket may not have reached the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland until well into the 18th century. A notice in the Leicester Journal dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the area.
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland, England. Founded in 1956, (originally under the name "Leicestershire and Rutland Trust for Nature Conservation") the trust now has 9,000 members helping care for over 30 nature reserves covering more than 2,600 acres across the region.
Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 2005 Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and of the totesport League. They started the season as 25-1 outsiders to take the Division Two Championship title.
Leicestershire Stakes The Leicestershire Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 7 furlongs and 9 yards (1,416 metres) at Leicester Racecourse in late April.
Leidang The institution known as leiĂ°angr (Old Norse), leidang (Norwegian), leding, (Danish), ledung (Swedish), expeditio (Latin) or sometimes lething (in English language), was a public levy of free farmers typical for the medieval Scandinavians. In Anglo-Saxon England, the same system was called Fyrd.
Leiden Conventions The Leiden Conventions are an established set of rules, symbols, and brackets used to indicate the condition of an epigraphic or papyrological text in a modern edition. In previous centuries of classical scholarship, scholars who published texts from inscriptions, papyri, or manuscripts used divergent conventions to indicate the condition of the text and editorial corrections or restorations.
Leiden Observatory Leiden Observatory (Sterrewacht Leiden in Dutch) is an astronomical observatory in the city of Leiden in the Netherlands. It was established by Leiden University in 1633, to house the quadrant of Snellius, and is the oldest operating University observatory in the world (before this, astronomy taught at medieval universities tended to be of a more theoretical nature, and any observations were usually done with private equipment rather than at University observatories —see this timeline).
Leiden University Leiden University, located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the NetherlandsTechnically the University of Leuven, currently in Belgium but in the year of its foundation (1425) located in the Netherlands, is the oldest university ever founded in the Netherlands, but Leuven is no longer part of the Netherlands.. It is a member of the Coimbra Group, the Europaeum and the League of European Research Universities.
Leiden University Library Leiden University Library (Leiden, The Netherlands) is more than 400 years old. Its significance for European culture can hardly be overestimated: it is a part of a small number of cultural centres that gave direction to the development and spread of knowledge during the Enlightenment.
Leiden, Netherlands Leiden (in English also – though now rarely – Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in The Netherlands. It forms a single urban area with Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten, Valkenburg, Rijnsburg and Katwijk, with 254,000 inhabitants.
Leidenfrost effect The Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon in which a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than its boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer which keeps that liquid from boiling rapidly. This is most commonly seen when cooking; one sprinkles drops of water in a skillet to gauge its temperature—if the skillet's temperature is at or above the Leidenfrost point, the water skitters across the metal and takes longer to evaporate than it would in a skillet that is hot, but at a temperature below the Leidenfrost point.
Leiderdorp Leiderdorp (population: 26,182 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland near to the city of Leiden. It is one of the oldest villages in Zuid Holland province and the village core still exists one side of the A4 motorway.
Leif Ericson Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leif ErĂ­csson)In modern Icelandic the first name is Leifur and in modern Norwegian Leiv. The patronym is Anglicized in various ways, such as Ericson, Eriksson, Ericsson, Erickson, Erikson and Eiriksson.
Leif Garrett Leif Per Nervik (born November 8, 1961) better known by his stage name of Leif Garrett is an American singer and actor. He became famous as a teen idol and received publicity as an adult for his drug abuse and legal troubles.
Leif Grung Leif Kuhnle Grung (Born 1894 – died 1945), was a Norwegian architect, born in Bergen, educated in Stockholm. He established his own architects studio in Bergen in 1923, has produced an extensive number of buildings, and became one of the foremost pioneers for functionalism in Bergen.
Leif Holmqvist Leif "Honken" Holmqvist (born 1942 in Gavle, Sweden) was a Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck as Swedish Player of the Year twice, which he did playing for Allmänna Idrottsklubben ("Public Sports Club")
Leif Larsen Leif Andreas Larsen DSO, DSC, DSM and Bar, CGM (9 January 1906 - 12 October 1990), popularly known as Shetlands-Larsen, was probably the most famous of the men that operated the Shetland Bus escape route during World War II. He participated as a volunteer on the Finnish side during the Winter war and was a soldier in the defence of Norway during the German invasion at Kongsvinger Fortress.
Leif Svensson Defenseman Leif Svensson spent parts of two seasons with the Washington Capitals in the late 70s. He was a fine playmaker and solid positional defender who was best known as a domestic stalwart in his native Sweden.
Leigh Ann Hester Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester (born 1982) of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Kentucky, received the Silver Star for her actions in Iraq during an enemy ambush on their convoy near the town of Salman Pak.
Leigh Ashford Leigh Ashford was a rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1966 by , guitarist Gord Waszek, vocalist Dave Cairns , bassists Joe Agnello and drummer Don Elliot, (former member of Mandala) and keyboard player Newton Gerard. The band kept busy in the clubs in Toronto until in 1968 they disbanded.
Leigh Benson Leigh Benson is a computer programmer who claimed was hired by the law firm Canter & Siegel to write a program that would post the same message to multiple Usenet groups--the first commercial spamming incident. In fact, he was hired by the law firm for some internet consulting, but he was unable to develop the needed program, which ultimately was created by a young programmer from Phoenix who's name has only been revealed as "Jason.
Leigh Bodden Leigh Edmond Bodden (born September 24, 1981 in Hyattsville, Maryland), is an American football cornerback for the Cleveland Browns. Bodden signed with the Browns as a undrafted free agent after a stellar career at Division I-AA Duquesne University.
Leigh Brackett Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978) was a writer of science fantasy and science fiction, mystery novels and — best known to the general public — Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Leigh Centurions Leigh Centurions are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. They were relegated from Super League at the end of the 2005 season and now play in National League One.
Leigh City Technology College The Leigh City Technology College is a City Technology College for the Dartford area. Mr Frank Green has been principal at the college since 1997 and has made progress, making it renowned for its academic achievements and its innovation with regards to the learning environment.
Leigh Diffey Leigh Diffey (born on March 3, 1971 in Brisbane) is an Australian auto racing commentator. Many racing fans in the United States remember Diffey from his tenure at the American cable television network, SPEED Channel.
Leigh Harline Leigh Harline (March 26, 1907 – December 10, 1969) was an award-winning film composer. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he worked for various radio stations before joining the Walt Disney studios in 1932 as arranger and scorer, and won an Academy Award for the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Disney's Pinocchio (1940) which would later become Disney's signature theme for his TV series.
Leigh Howard Stevens Leigh Howard Stevens is a marimba artist responsible for developing, codifying, and promoting a new method of independent four-mallet marimba performance based on the Musser method. Stevens studied under some of the most prominent percussion teachers and performers of his time, including jazz drummer Joe Morello, marimbist Vida Chenoweth, and he pursued his college studies at the Eastman School of Music under John Beck.
Leigh Lassen Leigh Lassen is an American actress, best known for her role as Patti Tate on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow, from 1968 to 1975. While the ninth actress to play the role, she is one of the actresses who is most closely identified with it.
Leigh Matthews Trophy The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League.
Leigh Richmond Roose Leigh Richmond Roose, MM, (November 27 1877 – October 7 1916) was a Welsh international footballer who kept goal for a number of professional clubs in the Football League between 1901 and 1912. A celebrated amateur at a time when the game was played largely by professionals, Roose was renowned as one of the best players in his position in the Edwardian period.
Leigh VanVoreen Leigh Diane VanVoreen, or Angel, is a fictional character created by Virginia Andrews in her beloved Casteel series. She is the protagoniat of the prelude, Web of Dreams, the story of how she was raped by her wealthy stepfather Tony Tatterton, and ran from him into the arms of Thomas Luke Casteel, the poor circus boy from the hills where she died in childbirth.
Leigh Wardell-Johnson Leigh Wardell-Johnson (born March 17, 1970) is a Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Dockers in 1995. He was drafted from Claremont in the WAFL as a foundation selection in the 1994 AFL Draft and played as a half-forward.
Leigh Warren & Dancers Leigh Warren & Dancers is a contemporary dance company based in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Formed in 1993 by Leigh Warren (formerly of the Australian Dance Theatre), the company has toured internationally and won several awards.
Leigh Woods Leigh Woods is an area of woodland on the south-west side of the Avon Gorge, opposite the English city of Bristol and north of the Ashton Court estate. Small mountain biking circuits are present in the woods and the area is a popular walking area for Bristolians.
Leigh Zimmerman Leigh Zimmerman is an actress, singer and dancer born March 28, 1969 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She has appeared on Broadway in The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy For You and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum with Nathan Lane and in London's West End in The Seven Year Itch and Chicago.
Leigh's disease Leigh's Disease, a form of Leigh syndrome, is a rare neurometabolic disorder that affects the central nervous system. It is an inherited disorder which usually affects infants, but in rare cases, teenagers and adults, as well.
Leigh-on-Sea Leigh-on-Sea is a town in southeast Essex, England. Since 1913, it has been administered as part of the Borough of Southend-on-Sea, (the centre of which is located three miles to the east), but has retained a distinct identity.
Leigh, Greater Manchester Leigh is a town in Greater Manchester, in north west England. Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, it is the second largest town in Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is located about six miles north east of Warrington and the same distance south-east of Wigan.
Leigham, Plymouth Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up.
Leighanne Wallace Leighanne Reena Wallace Littrell (born 20 July, 1969 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American actress and the wife of Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell, whom she married on September 2nd, 2000. She has appeared in movies including Megalodon, Olive Juice and more.
Leighland Leighland, later known as Leighlands, is one of the oldest rural properties in Tasmania. Situated on the South Esk River, south of the town of Perth, in the Norfolk Plains district of Tasmania, Leighland was originally granted to John Helder Wedge (1793-1872) in 1824 and he subsequently developed the property into a large farm, building a house which was completed between 1830 and 1833.
Leighton Buzzard Leighton Buzzard is a town near the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, and is between Luton and Milton Keynes. It adjoins Linslade and the name Leighton Buzzard is sometimes used to refer to the combination of the two towns; parts of this article also apply to Linslade.
Leighton Buzzard railway station Leighton Buzzard railway station (actually in Linslade) is a railway station that serves the Leighton Buzzard and Linslade area of Bedfordshire and adjacent parts of Buckinghamshire. The station is 64 km (40Âľ miles) north west of London Euston and is served by Silverlink County local services from Northampton to London on the West Coast Main Line.
Leighton Library The Leighton Library, or Bibliotheca Leightoniana, in The Cross, Dunblane, is the oldest purpose built library in Scotland. Its collection of around 4000 volumes and 78 manuscripts from the 16th to 19th Century is founded on the personal collection of Robert Leighton (1611–1684), Bishop of Dunblane and Archbishop of Glasgow, who had left the books to Dunblane Cathedral.
Leighton Meester Leighton Meester (born April 9 1986 in Marco Island, Florida) is an American actress best known as Savannah in the former NBC drama Surface. Other roles include guest starring as "Debbie Pendleton" on Season 4 of the FOX drama 24, as "Ali" in episode 3 and 4 of Season 3 of the FOX drama House, as "Carrie Bishop" on Season 1 of the UPN drama Veronica Mars, Chandler's new girlfriend Kendall in Season 8 of the WB drama 7th Heaven, as well as the role of "Justine Chapin" in Season 1 of the HBO comedy Entourage.
Leichenlinies [is a 1995] release from German [[Industrial music|industrial and noise group Genocide Organ. CD 1 is the unofficial bootleg re-release of Genocide Organ's first LP Leichenlinie, which was co-produced by the De Fabriek label.
Leichhardt Falls Leichhardt Falls are found on the Leichhardt River, approximately 50km upstream from where the river empties into the Gulf of Carpentaria, in Queensland, Australia. Like the river, the falls are named for Ludwig Leichhardt.

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