Ley may refer to:
Toponyms
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Ley (landform)
''Ley'' (''the Ley'', plural: the ''Leyen'') is an old German word for rock (geology), rock, cliff or crag (climbing), crag which often occurs in placenames.
Etymology
''Ley'', also ''lay'', ''lei'', ''lai'', ''laige'' or ''lägge'', and, acc ...
, name for a crag, rock or cliff in the north German language area
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Ley (crater), crater on the Moon
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Ley, Moselle, commune in France
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Ley Hill, hill in England
People
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Ley Matampi (born 1989), Congolese professional footballer
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Ley Sander, professor of neurology and clinical epilepsy at University College London
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Ley baronets, baronetcies in England and the United Kingdom
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Francis Ley (1846–1916), 1st Baronet
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Bob Ley (born 1955), American sportscaster
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David Ley, Canadian Geographer
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Douglas Ley, American educator and politician
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Duncan Ley, Australian playwright
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Felix Ley (1909–1972), Roman Catholic bishop
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Gary Ley (born 1956), Welsh writer
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George Ley (born 1946), English footballer
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Henry Ley (organist) (1887–1962), English musician
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Herbert Ley, Jr., American doctor
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Hugh Ley (1790–1837), English physician
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James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1552–1629), English jurist
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John Ley (1583–1662), English Puritan clergyman
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John Henry Ley (1770–1850), Clerk of the House of Commons
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Juan Manuel Ley (1933–2016), Mexican businessman
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Rick Ley
Richard Norman Ley (born November 2, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA).
Playing career
Ley was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the thir ...
(born 1948), Canadian hockey player
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Robert Ley (1890–1945), German Nazi politician
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Shaun Ley (born 1961), British journalist and BBC presenter
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Sophie Ley (1849-1918), German painter
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Steven V. Ley, British chemistry professor
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Sussan Ley (born 1961), Australian politician
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Tengku Djan Ley (born 1976), Malaysian race car driver
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Terry Ley (born 1947), American baseball player
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Thomas John Ley, Australian politician
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Willy Ley (1906–1969), science writer
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Li (surname 李)
Li or Lee (; ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous ''Hundred Family Surnames.'' Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, and more than 100 million in Asia. It is the ...
among Asian Latin Americans
Other uses
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Ley lines, a pseudoscientific belief that apparent alignments of landmarks etc. are not accidental and have spiritual significance.
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Ley-class minehunter, a class of inshore minehunter built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1950s
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Ley farming, an agricultural system
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Lemolang language (ISO:639:I code), an Austronesian language of Sulawesi, Indonesia
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pewter alloy
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La Ley (band), a Chilean rock band
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''La Ley'' (album), the band's 1993 self-titled album
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La Ley (publisher), Argentinian law publisher
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Casa Ley
Casa Ley is a Mexican grocery store chain based in Culiacán founded in 1954 by Juan Ley Fong. Most of its stores are located in western Mexico, in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Coahuila, Durango, Guana ...
, Mexican grocery store chain
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Ley (Colombia), defunct Colombian supermarket chain
See also
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Leys (disambiguation)
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LEY (disambiguation)
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Lay (disambiguation)
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Lei (disambiguation)
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Leye (disambiguation)
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Leyes (disambiguation)
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Leyens (disambiguation)
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Cowley (surname)
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