la
noun
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
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la
1 American
[lah]
/ lɑ /
noun
Music.
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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
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
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Example Sentences
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Today is Sunday and throughout the valley the church bells are pealing dong dong la-dong, that most warming of sounds ringing in the air, dong dong la- dong.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
If dailie the heddes of wicked men, cease not to subuerte la- wes, orders, and decrees godlie appoincted.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
She set down the cup; swallowed; gasped, "I'm not crying—I'm la- laughing," and into a pipe of gayest mirth she went.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
An' be hivins, I like th' English la- ad's style almost as well as our own gr-reat artist's.
From Mr. Dooley's Philosophy by Dunne, Finley Peter
Ethopœia is a certaine Oracion made by voice, and la- mentable imitacion, vpon the state of any one.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
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