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---"Lys":Danish and Norwegian for light

''Geographical''

---The Lys or Leie is a River originating in France , entering Belgium and flowing into the river Scheldt in Ghent . Its total length is 202 km.

--- Lys is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques '' Département '' in France .

--- Lys was the name of a ''département'' during the First French Empire , nowadays the West Flanders province of Belgium .

''Biochemistry''

---''Lys'' is an abbreviation for the Amino Acid Lysine .

''People''

--- Jan Lys , a German painter (c1590-1629).

''Fiction''

--- Lys is the name of a city in Arthur C. Clarke 's book The City And The Stars .

--- Lys is also the name of a city in George R. R. Martin 's epic series A Song Of Ice And Fire .

''Heraldry''

---The Fleur-de-lis is a stylized representation of a "lys" (actually an Iris) used in Heraldry and coats of arms.