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Luis (and its variant forms) is the Spanish, Portuguese (Luís), Galician, Aragonese form of the Germanic given name Hludowig and Chlodovech (modern German Ludwig). The Germanic name is composed of the words for "fame" (hlūd) and "warrior" (wīg) which may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle".

Luis (TV series)

Luis is an American sitcom starring Luis Guzmán that aired on Fox from September to October 2003. Scheduled in the Friday night death slot, the series received low ratings and was canceled after five episodes. The series was the first show of the 2003-04 season to be canceled.

Luis (letter)

Luis (ᚂ) is the second letter of the Ogham alphabet, derived either from luise " flame" or from lus " herb". Its Proto-Indo-European root was either *leuk- 'to shine' or *leudh- 'to grow'. Its phonetic value is [l].

The Auraicept na n-Éces glosses the name as cairtheand "mountain-ash", i.e. " rowan" (Modern Irish caorthann). The associated verse is : Li sula "lustre of eye" The Auraincept interprets this as "delightful to the eye is luis, i.e. rowan, owing to the beauty of its berries".

Luis (disambiguation)

Luis is a male given name. It can also refer to:

  • Luis (letter), the second letter of the Ogham alphabet
  • Luis (TV series), a short-lived television sitcom starring Luis Guzmán
  • Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, main airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Hurricane Luis, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season

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The design had been up gunned since Luis had commanded his Mark IV outside Leningrad.

The two guards leaped in behind the gun, primed the ammo belt in the breech, and slid by toward the partisans, pivoting the barrel left and right, ready just as Luis had commanded and planned.

Even practicing his passes with the mulcta and his thrusts with the dagger and the estoque, Luis saw the revolt coming.

The only hope for Luis Ruiz de Vega was if the Americans would hold off their invasion in Europe, if the German assault on Kursk would go well, then he could get his hands on what he came to Russia for the first time with the Blue Division, and why he was here again with the SS on this train, rumbling across the border in the pit of night, late, tired, and once more hungry, talking with this fat officer.

CHAPTER 4 June 30 2150 hours Wehrmacht train moving east Treblinka, Poland Luis Ruiz de Vega lifted a hand to snare the attention of a passing waiter.

His face, his chest, hips, legs, everything but his bones and them, too, he believed at times, had been whittled away, the shavings of Waff en SS Captain Luis de Vega must be lying in a trash bin somewhere in the Berlin recovery ward of his previous eleven months.

Spanish, Luis awoke in his old form, strong and sinewy, five foot ten, the perfect physique for a man.

In 1941, Luis first crossed through Poland into the Soviet frontier as a soldier.

There was humiliation in this, it was a weakness, and Luis accepted it as his shame, and a small one as shames go.

The major rose and followed Luis down the narrow corridor and off the train.

The things were mighty-looking to Luis, they seemed proud and powerful like fresh, angry bulls.

Without inviting the major to follow, Luis strode along the platform to where the concrete ended.

The major sidled up beside Luis with one long, confident stride, then kept pace easily.

The two men gripped their machine pistols and went ramrod stiff until Luis and the major passed.

June 30 2220 hours Wehrmacht train moving east Luis went into the bathroom of the train car.