Lassa may refer to:
Biology and medicine
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Asthena lassa
''Asthena lassa'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some Bri ...
'', a moth in the family Geometridae
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Lassa fever, a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus
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Lassa hastata
''Pavonia hastata'', commonly known as spearleaf swampmallow or pink pavonia, is a shrub in the family Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known memb ...
(''Pavonia hastata''), a shrub in the family Malvaceae
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Lassa virus (LASV), the arenavirus that causes Lassa hemorrhagic fever, named after Lassa in
Borno State
Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...
, Nigeria
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Saphenista lassa
''Saphenista lassa'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Sinaloa, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to ...
'', a species of moth of the family Tortricidae
Places
*Lassa, a town in
Borno State
Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...
, Nigeria
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Lassa, Lebanon
Lassa ( ar, لاسا) is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 90 kilometers north of Beirut. Lassa has an average elevation of 1,130 meters above sea level and a total land area of 739 hectares. The vi ...
, a municipality in the Byblos District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon
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Lassa, Togo
Lama-Kara is the full name for the town of Kara in the Kara Region of north Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east ...
, a city in the Kara Region of Togo
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Lhasa, Tibet, China of which Lassa is an alternate spelling
Other uses
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Lassa Oppenheim, a German jurist and author of ''International Law: A Treatise''
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Lassa (surname) Lassa is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Julie Lassa
Julie M. Lassa (born October 21, 1970) is a former Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Senate, who represented the 24th District from April 2003 to January 201 ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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FC Barcelona Lassa
FC may refer to:
Businesses, organisations, and schools
* Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India
* Finncomm Airlines (IATA code)
* FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC
* Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...
, a Spanish professional basketball club
See also
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Lasa (disambiguation)
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Lassas Lassas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Åke Lassas (1924–2009), Swedish ice hockey player
* Fredrik Lassas (born 1996), Finnish football player
Places
* Lassila
Lassila (Finnish), Lassas (Swedish) is a neighborhood ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Lhasa (disambiguation)
Lhasa is the urban district of the City of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Lhasa may also refer to:
Places
* Lhasa (city), the larger administrative region and city that includes the urban district of Lhasa
** Lhasa Gonggar Airport
** Lha ...
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