Laz
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Laz may refer to the Laz people
Laz people
The Laz are an ethnic group native to the Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia...

, who live by the Black Sea, or to their language
Laz language
The Laz language is a South Caucasian language spoken by the Laz people on the Southeast shore of the Black Sea...

. As a given name, Laz may be a diminutive for Lazar, Lazarus, Lazaro, or Lazaros. Laz or LAZ may refer to:

First name

  • Laz Alonso
    Laz Alonso
    Lazaro "Laz" Alonso is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing Tsu'tey in James Cameron's science fiction film Avatar. He is also well known for his role as Fenix "Rise" Calderon in the film Fast & Furious. Alonso has had roles in other films such as Jarhead, This...

     (born 1975), American actor
  • Laz Barrera
    Laz Barrera
    Lazaro Sosa Barrera was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States...

     (1924-1991), Cuban-born American racehorse trainer
  • Laz-D
    Laz-D
    Laz-D is an American rapper with Down syndrome. He was introduced to the rap music scene by rap producers Jonathan Worcester and Jack Gibson, who later produced and mixed most of the songs on his seminal debut, The Man Himself, at the D Compound. He currently lives in a group home in Lake Oswego,...

     (born 1982), American rapper
  • Laz Díaz
    Laz Díaz
    Lazaro Antonio Díaz is an umpire in Major League Baseball. He joined the American League's full-time staff in 1999, and has worked in both major leagues since 2000....

     (born 1963), American baseball umpire

Surname

  • Don Laz (1929-1997), American pole vaulter
  • Jesse Laz (born 1983), American musician with the band Locksley
    Locksley (band)
    Locksley is an indie four-piece pop rock/power pop band from Madison, Wisconsin. They are self-released on their own Feature Records label. Their songwriting is heavily influenced by early British Invasion bands with an instrumental style based more on early American punk bands and modern garage...

  • Wolfgang Laz
    Wolfgang Lazius
    Wolfgang Laz, better known by his Latinized name Wolfgang Lazius , was an Austrian humanist who worked as a cartographer, historian, and physician....

     (1514-1565), Austrian humanist

Places

  • Laz, Finistère
    Laz, Finistère
    Laz is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:The commune is situated at the heart of a hilly and forest-covered region called the Montagnes Noires which extends for approximately 30 kilometres between the communes of Gourin to the east and Gouezec in...

    , France
  • Laz, Montenegro
    Laz, Montenegro
    -References:*...

  • Łaz, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
  • Łaz, Żary County, Poland
  • Łaz, Zielona Góra County, Poland
  • Laz, a village in Săsciori Commune, Alba County, Romania
  • Laz, a village in Vinţu de Jos
    Vintu de Jos
    Vinţu de Jos, also known as Vinţ is a commune located in the centre of Alba County, Romania. It is composed of eighteen villages: Câmpu Goblii , Ciocaşu , Crişeni , Dealu Ferului , Gura Cuţului , Haţegana , Inuri , Laz , Mătăcina , Mereteu...

     Commune, Alba County Romania
  • Laz, a village in Dezna Commune, Arad County, Romania
  • Laz River (Sebiş)
    Laz River (Sebis)
    The Laz River is a tributary of the Sebiş River in Romania.-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971* Trasee turistice - judeţul Arad...

    , Romania
  • Laz River (Someş)
    Laz River (Somes)
    The Laz River is a tributary of the Ştefăniţa River in Romania.-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971...

    , Romania
  • Łaz, Sorbian name for Lohsa
    Lohsa
    Lohsa is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany....

    , Germany

Other uses

  • Lapis lazuli
    Lapis lazuli
    Lapis lazuli is a relatively rare semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense blue color....

  • Laz, wife of the Babylonian God Nergal
    Nergal
    The name Nergal, Nirgal, or Nirgali refers to a deity in Babylon with the main seat of his cult at Cuthah represented by the mound of Tell-Ibrahim. Nergal is mentioned in the Hebrew bible as the deity of the city of Cuth : "And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal"...

  • Laz Lackerson, fictional character in the television series Life on a Stick
    Life on a Stick
    Life on a Stick is an American sitcom that premiered on Fox on March 24, 2005. Thirteen episodes of the show were completed, but Fox only showed the first five before pulling the show due to poor ratings.-Premise:...

  • Laz language
    Laz language
    The Laz language is a South Caucasian language spoken by the Laz people on the Southeast shore of the Black Sea...

  • Laz people
    Laz people
    The Laz are an ethnic group native to the Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia...

  • LAZ, ICAO designation for Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
    Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
    Balkan Airlines was Bulgaria's government-owned flag carrier between 1947 and 2002. During the 1970s the airliner became a significant European carrier. The company encountered financial instability following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe...

  • L’vivs’ky Avtomobil’ny Zavod (Lviv Bus Factory)
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