Entries starting with L
- Lagos: History, the National Theatre and Key Facts About Nigeria’s Commercial CapitalLagos is Nigeria's largest city and commercial capital, a lagoon-side port that was the national capital until 1991.
- Lahore: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsLahore is Punjab's capital in Pakistan, home to the UNESCO-listed Lahore Fort and Shalimar Gardens.
- Language familyA language family is a group of languages that all descend from a single earlier ancestor language.
- Laos: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsLaos is a landlocked, mountainous country in mainland Southeast Asia governed as a one-party socialist republic along the Mekong River.
- Large language modelA large language model is a system trained on huge amounts of text to predict what text comes next, one token at a time.
- Las Vegas: History, Geography, Culture and Key FactsLas Vegas, founded in 1905 as a Nevada desert rail town, grew into the world's best-known gambling and entertainment city.
- Latvia: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsLatvia is a Baltic Sea country in northeastern Europe, an EU and NATO member whose capital, Riga, has a UNESCO World Heritage historic centre.
- LDL cholesterolLDL cholesterol is the share of blood cholesterol carried by low-density lipoproteins, the main source of the buildup that narrows arteries.
- LeadershipLeadership is the process of setting a vision for change and mobilizing people to pursue it, distinct from management's focus on executing established processes.
- Lebanon: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsLebanon is a small eastern Mediterranean country bordered by Syria and Israel, known for ancient Phoenician heritage and deep religious diversity.
- Lesotho: The Country Inside South Africa, Its History and CultureLesotho is a landlocked, mountainous kingdom in southern Africa entirely enclosed by South Africa, one of only three countries surrounded by a single neighbor.
- Liberia: Geography, History, Government and Key FactsLiberia is a West African republic on the Atlantic coast, founded in 1822 as a settlement for freed African-American and Caribbean slaves.
- Libya: Geography, History, Government and Key FactsLibya is a North African country on the Mediterranean coast where the Sahara Desert covers most of the interior.
- Liechtenstein: Geography, History, Government and Key FactsLiechtenstein is a doubly landlocked microstate between Switzerland and Austria, one of the smallest sovereign states in the world.
- Life expectancy at birthLife expectancy at birth is how long a newborn would live if current death rates stayed the same for life.
- Lisbon: History, Geography, Culture and Key FactsLisbon is the capital of Portugal, launch point for the Age of Discovery, home to the Belem Tower and Monastery of the Hieronymites.
- Literacy rateThe literacy rate is the share of a population, usually aged 15 and over, able to read and write a simple everyday statement.
- Lithuania: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsLithuania is the largest of the three Baltic states, a Baltic Sea nation and EU/NATO member with a capital at Vilnius.
- London: History, Geography, Culture and Key FactsLondon is the UK capital on the River Thames, founded by the Romans and known today for Big Ben and Parliament.
- Los Angeles: History, Geography, Culture and Key FactsLos Angeles is the second-largest U.S. city, on the Southern California coast, known globally as the center of the entertainment industry.
- Luxembourg: Geography, History, Government and Key FactsLuxembourg is a small, landlocked Western European country and EU founding member known as a leading global financial center.