Landes, or Lanas in Gascon, means moorland or heath. Landes and Lanas come from the Latin plānus meaning “‘flat, even, level, plain’”. They are therefore...
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Christopher Landes (born September 18, 1972) is an American actor of television and film. Michael Christopher Landes was born to Patricia and Bernard Landes on...
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The Landes forest (pronounced [lɑ̃d]; La forêt des Landes in French) in the Landes de Gascogne (las Lanas de Gasconha in the Gascon language), in the historic...
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Labastide-d'Armagnac Landes forest, the largest maritime-pine forest in Europe Cantons of the Landes department Communes of the Landes department Arrondissements...
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moorland (landes). Both sheep and cattle grazed here, but an epizootic in 1775 destroyed the cows and only sheep remained. The popular image of the Landes was...
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and the American Philosophical Society. His son Richard Landes is a historian and author. Landes, David S. (2007). Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of...
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commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department. It is known as a spa destination, specialising in mud treatment...
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time in Philadelphia, Landes served on the board of governors at Gratz College. Born in 1929 in Revere, Massachusetts, Landes served in the United States...
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Worcester, Massachusetts, she married geologist Henry Landes on January 2, 1894. Knight and Landes had met as students at Indiana University. The couple...
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Landes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aaron Landes (1929–2014), rabbi Alejandro Landes (born 1980), film director Bertha Knight...
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