Lys

Lys may refer to any of the following:

Places
  • The Lys or Leie, a river in France and Belgium
  • Lys (Dora Baltea), a stream of Aosta Valley in Italy
  • Lys, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France
  • Lys (département), a département during the First French Empire, now in Belgium
  • Les Lys, a Premier cru vineyard in Chablis
  • Lys, an old orthography of Liss, Hampshire, England
  • LYS can also refer to a Local Yarn Shop for knitters or crocheters
Aviation
  • LYS, the IATA Airport Code for Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
Sailing
  • LYS, a sailing handicapping system
Battles
  • Battle of the Lys, a World War I battle in the spring of 1918
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
  • Fleur-de-lys or Fleur-de-lis, a stylized representation of a lily or iris, used in heraldry
Science
  • Lys is an abbreviation for the amino acid lysine
People
  • Francis John Lys (1863–1947), British lecturer and academic administrator
  • Jan Lys (c1590-1629), a German painter
  • Lya Lys (1908–1986), German-born actress
  • Lys Assia (born 1926, Rupperswil), Swiss singer
  • Lys Mouithys (born 1985), Congolese football player