Lafayette
Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to:
People
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), French general and American Revolutionary War general
- Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name
Places in the United States
- La Fayette, Alabama, a city
- Lafayette, California, a city
- Lafayette, Colorado, a Home Rule Municipality
- LaFayette, Georgia, a city
- La Fayette, Illinois, a village
- Lafayette, Indiana metropolitan area
- Lafayette, Indiana, a city
- LaFayette, Kentucky, a town
- Lafayette, Louisiana metropolitan area
- Lafayette, Louisiana, a city
- Lafayette, Minnesota, a city
- LaFayette, New York, a town
- Lafayette, Madison County, Ohio, a census-designated place
- Lafayette, Oregon, a city
- Lafayette, Tennessee, a city
- Lafayette, Virginia, a census-designated place
- Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, a town
- Lafayette, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a town
- Lafayette, Walworth County, Wisconsin, a town
- Lafayette River, entirely in the city of Norfolk, Virginia
- Mount Lafayette, New Hampshire
- Lafayette Village, a historic district in North Kingstown, Rhode Island; on the National Register of Historic Places
- Lafayette Reservoir, Contra Costa County, California
- Lafayette County (disambiguation)
- Lafayette Township (disambiguation)
- Lafayette Hill (disambiguation)
- Lafayette Park (disambiguation)
- Lafayette Square (disambiguation)
Places in France
- Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire
- Aix-la-Fayette, Puy-de-Dôme
Fictional characters
- Lafayette, a Basset Hound in the animated films Aristocats and Aristocats 2
- Lafayette Reynolds, one of the principal characters in True Blood, an American TV series
- Lafayette O'Leary, the protagonist in four Keith Laumer science fiction novels
Schools
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Lafayette College, a private coeducational college in Easton, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette High School (disambiguation)
Military
- USS Lafayette, three US Navy ships
- Lafayette-class submarine, a class of US submarine
- La Fayette (R96), a French aircraft carrier, formerly the USS Langley (CVL-27)
- La Fayette-class frigate, a class of French frigates
- La Fayette (F710), a French stealth frigate, lead ship of the La Fayette class
- Fort Lafayette, a coastal fortification in the Narrows of New York Harbor
- Brigade La Fayette, also named Task Force La Fayette, a joint unit of the French forces in Afghanistan
- Lafayette Escadrille, a World War I squadron of the French Air Service composed largely of American pilots
- Lafayette Flying Corps, a name given to American volunteer pilots who flew for the French in World War I
Transportation
- Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line), Brooklyn, a New York City Subway station
- Bleecker Street / Broadway – Lafayette Street (New York City Subway) Manhattan, a New York City Subway complex of stations
- Lafayette, Indiana (Amtrak station)
- Lafayette, Louisiana (Amtrak station)
- Lafayette (BART station) is BART station in Lafayette, California
- Chaussée d'Antin – La Fayette (Paris Métro)
- Lafayette Regional Airport Lafayette, Louisiana
- Barwick–LaFayette Airport municipal general aviation Airport in Lafayette, Georgia
- Lafayette Street a street in lower Manhattan, New York City
- Lafayette Boulevard a street in Detroit Michigan
- Rue La Fayette a street in Paris, France
Businesses
- Galeries Lafayette, a French department store chain
- LaFayette Motors, United States automobile manufacturer from the 1910s to the 1940s
- Lafayette Radio Electronics, an electronics retail chain that closed in 1981
- Lafayette (restaurant), a former French restaurant in New York City
Buildings
- Lafayette Building (disambiguation), four buildings in the United States
- Hotel Lafayette, Buffalo, New York, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Lafayette Theatre (disambiguation), three theatres in New York
Other
- Lafayette Bridge, spanning the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minnesota
- La Fayette (film), also known as Lafayette, a 1961 French/Italian coproduction directed by Jean Dréville, with Orson Welles and Pascale Audret
- "Lafayette" (song), a jazz standard
- Lafayette Stakes, an annual American Thoroughbred horse race in Lexington, Kentucky
- Lafayette transmitter, a former transmitter for transatlantic services near Bordeaux, France
- 23244 Lafayette, a main-belt minor planet
- Lafayette meteorite, a nakhlite Martian meteorite
See also
- Fayette (disambiguation)
- Fayette County (disambiguation)
- Fayette Township (disambiguation)
- Fayetteville (disambiguation)
- West Lafayette
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