Lac may refer to:

Places

Africa

Lac Region Lac () is one of the 23 provinces of Chad. Its capital is Bol, Chad, Bol. It is chiefly composed of the former Lac Prefecture, Lac Prefectures of Chad, Prefecture. The province includes Chad's portion of the shore of Lake Chad. Geography The pr ...

, a district in Chad * Lac Prefecture, a district in Chad

America

* Rivière du Lac, a tributary of the Montmorency River, in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada

Europe

Laç Laç (; sq-definite, Laçi) is a town and a former Municipalities of Albania, municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Kurbin. It was the ad ...

, a city in Albania * Lac, a village in Voloiac Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania * Lac district, a district in the

canton of Fribourg The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in th ...

, Switzerland * Lancing railway station, a railway station in Sussex, England (station code: LAC)

Elsewhere

* Lac, a standard astronomical constellation abbreviation of Lacerta *

Latin America and the Caribbean The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is an English language, English-language acronym referring to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina ...

or LAC, a regional definition by the United Nations

Other uses

Lac (resin) Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of Kerriidae, lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is ''Kerria lacca''. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to ...

, a resinous substance produced by insects **

Shellac Shellac () is a resin secreted by the female Kerria lacca, lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. Chemically, it is mainly composed of aleuritic acid, jalaric acid, shellolic acid, and other natural waxes. It is processed and s ...

, the processed form of this resin * ''Lac'', French for

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

(body of water) * ''lác'', an element in

Anglo-Saxon names Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements ( stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', meaning "noble", and ', meaning "counsel". The ind ...

meaning "fight, play" *Lac, a character in Arthurian romance, father of

Erec The Knights of the Round Table (, , ) are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights are a chivalric order dedicated to ensuring the peace ...

* LAC, the ICAO operator designator for

Lockheed Corporation The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer. Lockheed was founded in 1926 and merged in 1995 with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin. Its founder, Allan Lockheed, had earlier founded the similarly named but otherwise-u ...

(Lockheed Aircraft Corporation), United States * L.Ac., Licensed Acupuncturist, see

Regulation of acupuncture Regulation of acupuncture is done by governmental bodies to ensure safe practice. Australia In 2000, the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria, Australia (CMBV) was established as an independent government agency to oversee the practi ...

* Lac operon, abbreviated Lac, operon controlling the metabolism of lactose in bacteria such as ''E. coli'' *

Lac Viet Lac may refer to: Places Africa * Lac Region, a district in Chad * Lac Prefecture, a district in Chad America * Rivière du Lac, a tributary of the Montmorency River, in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada Europe * Laç, a city in Albania * Lac ...

, the ancient people of northern Vietnam, also called Lạc in Vietnamese and Luòyuè in Chinese *

Lakh A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2, 2, 3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. F ...

, or Lac, a unit in the South Asian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000) * An abbreviation for the

Los Angeles Chargers The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC W ...

, a professional football team * An abbreviation for the

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The ...

, a professional basketball team *

Leading aircraftman Leading aircraftman (LAC) or leading aircraftwoman (LACW) is an enlisted rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. Leading air ...