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Lassen -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000): 33828
Housing Units (2000): 12000
Land area (2000): 4557.267297 sq. miles (11803.267612 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 163.104659 sq. miles (422.439110 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4720.371956 sq. miles (12225.706722 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 40.612365 N, 120.720234 W
Headwords:
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Lassen, CA
Lassen County
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Lassen

Lassen is a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Lars" (equivalent of Laurentius), and thus a parallel form of the more common surname Larsen. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Anders Lassen (1920-1945), a Danish recipient of the British Victoria Cross
  • Christian Lassen, a Norwegian-German orientalist
  • Clyde Everett Lassen, a United States Navy aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Eduard Lassen, a Belgian composer
  • Erik Sætter-Lassen (1892–1966), a Danish sport shooter
  • Frederik Lassen, a Danish football player
  • Georg Lassen, a German former U-boat captain
  • Hans Christian Lassen, a Danish sprint canoer
  • Hartvig Lassen (1824–1897), a Norwegian editor and literary historian
  • Henrik Andreas Zetlitz Lassen, a Norwegian politician
  • Inger Lassen (1911–1957), a Danish film actress
  • Jean Elisabeth Lassen, a Canadian weightlifter
  • Justin Lassen, an American composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and remixer
  • Leigh Lassen, an American actress
  • Leo Lassen (1899–1975),an American baseball announcer
  • Niels A. Lassen (1926-1997), a Danish medical researcher
  • Peter Lassen, a Danish-American rancher, prospector and explorer
  • Peter Lassen (footballer), a Danish former football striker
  • Werner Lassen, a Namibian amateur golfer

Lassen may also refer to Lassen Peak, located in Lassen Volcanic National Park, a national park in the United States.

Lassen (disambiguation)

Lassen is a Danish surname.

Lassen may also refer to:

Usage examples of "lassen".

Timothy Lassen said via his portable scrambled phone from the parking ramp at Chico Airport, where his Black Hawk helicopter had set down--the open ramp was the only part of the airport not substantially damaged.

At first Lake acted as if he didn't hear the federal agent's question--and in fact he hadn't, because he was too stunned by what Lassen had said.

The Jackknife had been spotted on the twenty-seventh of September by a fire lookout in the Lassen National Forest.

Auf dem Flur lag ein Teppich, alles trug dazu bei, den Computer als etwas Ungewöhnliches, Einmaliges erscheinen zu lassen.

Until Ham and Monk had sighted the fog-wreathed summits of Lassen and Shasta, their goniometer had been picking out only a series of dashes.

Er hat uns vorhin angerufen, aber schon seit geraumer Zeit nichts mehr von sich hören lassen.

Lake, are dishonest, egotistical, greedy slimeballs," Lassen explained.