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La Trémoille, Louis de

(Encyclopedia) La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis deLa Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis delwē [key]La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis de də lä trāmoiˈyə or trēm&oomacr;ˈyə [key], 1460–1525,…

La Hire, Laurent de

(Encyclopedia) La Hire or La Hyre, Laurent deLa Hire or La Hyre, Laurent deboth: lōräNˈ də [key]La Hire or La Hyre, Laurent de lä ēr [key], 1606–56, French painter. He produced many portraits and…

Hogue, La

(Encyclopedia) Hogue, LaHogue, Lalä ôg [key], or La HougueHogue, Lalä &oomacr;g [key], cape on the northeast coast of the Cotentin peninsula, France, on the English Channel. Off the cape, during…

La, in proper names

(Encyclopedia) La. For names beginning thus and not listed here, see second element; e.g., for La Ceiba, see Ceiba, La.

La Boétie, Étienne de

(Encyclopedia) La Boétie, Étienne deLa Boétie, Étienne deātyĕnˈ də lä bôāsēˈ [key], 1530–63, French judge and writer. He served with Montaigne in the Bordeaux parlement and is immortalized in…

Sagua la Grande

(Encyclopedia) Sagua la GrandeSagua la Grandesäˈgwä lä gränˈdā [key], city (1984 pop. 50,000), Villa Clara prov., central Cuba, on the Sagua la Grande River. It is a road and rail hub and the…

La Crosse

(Encyclopedia) La CrosseLa Crosselə krôs [key], city (1990 pop. 51,003), seat of La Crosse co., W Wis., at the foot of high bluffs on the Mississippi, where the La Crosse and Black rivers meet; inc.…

La Plata

(Encyclopedia) La PlataLa Platalä pläˈtä [key], city (1991 pop. 640,344), capital of Buenos Aires prov., E central Argentina, 5 mi (8.1 km) inland from Ensenada, its port on the Río de la Plata. La…

La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc de

(Encyclopedia) La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc deLa Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc delwēz fräNswäzˈ də lä bōm lə bläN də lä välyĕrˈ [key], 1644–1710, mistress of…