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Words nearby MLA

mks system, mks units, mkt., mktg., ml, MLA, Mladic, M.L.Arch., MLB, MLC, MLD

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M.L.A.

abbreviation

Master of Landscape Architecture.

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How to use MLA in a sentence

Honor Bright first met Mrs. Dalton at the mla, not having been at home when that lady had called.
Banked Fires|E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
This is the Mla—or great 137 religious festival—which was now in progress.
From Egypt to Japan|Henry M. Field
Every twelve years there is a greater Mla than at other times, and the concourse assumes extraordinary proportions.
From Egypt to Japan|Henry M. Field
That year it was estimated that not less than two millions of pilgrims visited the Mla.
From Egypt to Japan|Henry M. Field

It is of the same stock as the Greek mla, Latin mul(tum), and Hebrew m'la.
The Pleasures of England|John Ruskin

British Dictionary definitions for MLA

MLA

abbreviation for

Member of the Legislative Assembly (of Northern Ireland)

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