la
noun
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
la
1 American
[lah]
/ lɑ /
noun
Music.
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las
plural
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the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the tone A.
la
2
American
[law, lah]
/ lɔ, lɑ /
interjection
Archaic or Dialect.
La
3
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
LA
4
American
abbreviation
La.
5
American
abbreviation
L.A.
6
American
abbreviation
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Latin America.
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Law Agent.
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Library Association.
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Local Agent.
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Los Angeles.
LA
1
British
abbreviation
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Legislative Assembly
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Library Association
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local agent
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Los Angeles
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Louisiana
La
2
British
symbol
La.
3
British
abbreviation
la
4
British
/ lɑː /
noun
la
5
British
/ lɔː /
interjection
la
6
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of la1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at gamut
Origin of la2
before 1150; Middle English, Old English; weak variant of lā lo 1
Vocabulary lists containing la
Example Sentences
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Plus, I didn’t waste hours researching and booking a la carte accommodations myself, where I could easily lose track of the trip’s total price tag.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Suspending tariffs would help "our businesspeople who are facing very difficult times because of the effects of the earthquake," De la Espriella said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella celebrated her rescue on social media, describing it as "news which fills us with hope".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Newly elected Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella declared a state of emergency to help expedite access to funds and resources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
A moment later they were dancing to la salsa music.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge is also a partner in the mission, and will help design Dragonfly’s complex flight path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
She also played Jacqueline in the original London cast of La Cage Aux Folles at the London Palladium in 1986.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Toni Quinones, a social worker in the town of La Zubia about five kilometres southeast of Granada, said firefighters were "working continuously" in her neighbourhood.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Guillermo Valdés Castellanos, a former director of Mexico’s national intelligence agency, took to the pages of Mexico’s La Aurora last week to point out the double standard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Cringing, I started to spit it out, but La Llorona coaxed me until I swallowed the rest of it down.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
In exchange for the rights to market and distribute that SportsNet LA channel, Time Warner Cable agreed to pay the Dodgers $8.35 billion over 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
After he died in 2013, ownership was passed to his six children before a deal was completed with Walter, who also owns a stake in the LA Dodgers with Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Schwarz researches ways communities can address soil pollution, including hazards stemming from the LA wildfires last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The LA Lakers have 17 NBA titles - 11 of which were won under the ownership of the Buss family - one less than the record tally held by the Boston Celtics.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s from Queen’s 1982 LA show, and he’s looking right into the camera, so it’s almost like he’s staring out at me from wherever he is in the Beyond.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
“It’s a closed ecosystem,” said Kenneth Civello, a cardiologist in Baton Rouge, La., who consults for several wearables companies.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Economics reporter Rachel Wolfe recently spent a day at a gas station in Baton Rouge, La., talking to customers about—you guessed it—the state of the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
National Park Service outlined a possible runaway route stretching on the Camino Real de la Tejas between Natchitoches, La., to Monclova, Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Lumen is a legacy telecom carrier based in Monroe, La., that is working to become a digital networking services company supporting enterprise growth and innovation for an AI economy.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
“That sounds like an ominous question, La. Is everything okay?” he asks.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
About 25% of the total 14 million tickets between the Games are earmarked for the Paralympics, which will be in L.A. for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
He trades the plush G-funk popular in L.A. for a style more common in New York—all hard surfaces and rigid drums, with a barely-there melody that pings like sonar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
That’s like my hobby because there are not many chances in L.A. that you get to drive across bridges of that magnitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
He’s had nothing to say about the blowup in the Buss family, L.A. royalty who built the Laker dynasty and are divided over whether to part with their minority stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It looked exactly the way L.A. beaches do in the movies, only it smelled worse.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
Through my glass, Barrio de las Letras fades into its own rosy haze.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Claudia de las Casas, 17, who turned out to see the pope in Tenerife with her mother, said she was "moved" by his focus on the plight of migrants.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Meantime, Venezuelans will keep on stocking ingredients for las hallacas, a complex dish that can take days to prepare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
Later Spanish theologians, such as Francisco de Vitoria and Bartolomé de las Casas, used innate reason to defend the inviolable humanity of Native Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
I finally understood what I was supposed to do with las rosas Tonantzin had bestowed upon me.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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