Lex

Lex or LEX may refer to:

Names

• Lex (given name)
• Lex (surname)

Places

• Short for Lexington, Kentucky
• Short for Lexington Avenue (Manhattan) in New York
• Lex, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Music

• Lex Records
• L.E.X. (album), a studio album by Liverpool Express
• "Lex", a song on the album Classics by the electronic music group Ratatat

Software

• Lex (software), a lexical analyzer generator
• LEX (cipher)
• Lex (URN), a type of Uniform Resource Name

Acronyms and codes

• Leading edge extension, an extension to an aircraft wing surface
• LEX, IATA code for Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky

Other uses

• Lex, the Latin word for "law" or "statute" - see List of Roman laws
• Lex (Canon law), in Roman Catholic canon law, a law which has been formulated in written (versus oral) form and promulgated by competent authority
• Typhoon Lex, in the Pacific Ocean in 1983
• Lex building, a government office building in Brussels
• The Lex column in the Financial Times newspaper
• Lex (dog), Iraq War dog
• Lex Vehicle Leasing, the largest vehicle leasing company in the United Kingdom

See also

• USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed the "Lady Lex", a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier sunk in World War II
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (born 1926), French politician nicknamed "L'Ex"
• Lex XI F.C., a Welsh football team
• Leges (disambiguation)
• Lexx, a science fiction television series