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Lys.

A river in Hauts-de-France, France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt at Gent. This is the French spelling: the Dutch and German spelling is Leie.

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  1. A river in Hauts-de-France, France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt at Gent. This is the French spelling: the Dutch and German spelling is Leie.

  2. A commune in Nièvre department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

  3. A commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

  4. A surname.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.