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It is said by Igorot that the Sadanga lis-lis is a conflict with runo

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  1. A controversy; a litigation.
  2. Lis mota a controversy started; the commencement of a controversy, without reference to the bringing of an action thereon.
  3. lis pendens. A pending litigation.
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  • Because the flower represented by the fleur-de-lis was actually the iris, it was thought that the iris was originally called a lily. —  Destroyer 106: White Water
  • Fly-half Steve Meyer and lock Rimas Alvarez-Kairélis, amongst others, are also crocked. —  Planet Rugby News - Rugby Union News
  • (RAHTH'-lis-bur-gurz) right shoulder is sprained, not separated.
  • Centering them about their parent li would most likely cause the submenu items to wrap to the next line on the rightmost lis, and that would not be good. —  CodingForums.com
  • Fleur de lis is a product of the European culture. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. Latin
  2. French, a lily: see lily, fleur-de-lis.
  3. Also liss: from Irish lios, Old Irish liss, less, Welsh llŷs, a hall, palace, court, = Breton lez, les, also lis, leis, a court; recorded in OCeltic as a place-name, Latin Lissus, Greek Λίσσ, σ1ος, a city in Illyricum, now Lisso or Lješ.
 

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