Dictionary Definition
La
Noun
1 a white soft metallic element that tarnishes
readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as
a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, atomic
number 57]
2 a state in southern United States on the Gulf
of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil
War [syn: Louisiana,
Pelican
State]
3 the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note
of a major or minor scale in solmization [syn: lah]
User Contributed Dictionary
Translingual
Symbol
La- Symbol for lanthanum.
English
La
Extensive Definition
La or LA may refer to:
Places
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Louisiana, USA (postal abbreviation)
- Lancaster, Lancashire, UK (post code)
- Landeck (district), Austria (car number plates)
- Laos (ISO country code)
- Latin America
- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Long Ashton, North Somerset, UK
- Lower Alabama (South Alabama and Northwest Florida)
- Lion's Arch, one of the main cities in the fictional universe of the MMORPG Guild Wars
Music and media
- La, musical note in solfege
- L.A. (Light Album), Beach Boys album
- Lá Nua, Irish language newspaper
- La7, Italian television channel
- The La's, English rock band
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, video game
- Last Armageddon, a Japan-only video game
Business and organizations
- LAN (airline)
- Lavochkin, Russian design bureau
- Library Association, former name of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
- Linux Australia, organization
- London Assembly
- LucasArts, American video game developer and publisher
Education and science
- Language arts, class subject
- Lanthanum, chemical element
- Latin, language code
- Lawrence Academy, American boarding school
- Loyola Academy, American college preparatory high school
- Lewis acid, literature abbreviation
- Linear algebra, branch of mathematics
- Linoleic acid, fatty acid
- Lupus anticoagulant, autoimmune disorder
- Lauric acid, saturated fatty acid
Other
- La (genus), group of butterflies
- La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan)
See also
la in Catalan: La
la in Czech: LA
la in Danish: La
la in German: LA
la in Estonian: LA
la in Modern Greek (1453-): LA
la in Spanish: LA
la in Esperanto: La
la in French: LA
la in Korean: LA
la in Italian: LA
la in Dutch: LA
la in Japanese: LA
la in Norwegian: La
la in Polish: La
la in Portuguese: LA
la in Kölsch: LA (Watt ėßß datt?)
la in Russian: La
la in Finnish: La
la in Thai: LA
la in Vietnamese: La
la in Chinese: La