Lea or LEA may refer to:

Places

Australia

Lea River The River Lea is a steep continuous river located in the north-western region of Tasmania, Australia. The river has an average gradient of and a peak grade of that flows from Lake Lea to Lake Gairdner (Tasmania), Lake Gairdner. The river fl ...

, Tasmania, Australia * Lake Lea, Tasmania, from which the

flows * RAAF Base Learmonth, IATA airport code "LEA"

England

Lea, Cheshire Lea is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies to the north east of Audlem and to the south of Crewe. The parish is predominantly rural, but it includes the hamlet of Lea ...

, a civil parish *

Lea, Derbyshire Dethick, Lea and Holloway is a civil parish (and, since 1899, an ecclesiastical parish), in the Amber Valley borough of the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,027. It is located in c ...

, a settlement in the civil parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway * Lea, Devon, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

Lea, Herefordshire Lea is a village and civil parish in the South East of Herefordshire, just south-east of Ross-on-Wye and adjoining Gloucestershire. Amenities include a school, church, village hall, shop, public house, garage and a twice weekly mobile Post Office, ...

, a village and civil parish *

Lea, Lancashire Lea ( ), Cottam, and Lea Town are villages in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. Together they form the civil parish of Lea, which has a population of 5,962. In 2011, the population increased to 6157. Geography The area is an elector ...

, a village *

Lea, Lincolnshire Lea is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,009. It is at the junction of the A156 and B1241, approximately south from Gainsboro ...

, a small village and civil parish * Lea, Lydham, a

in Shropshire * Lea, Pontesbury, a

in Shropshire *

Lea, Wiltshire Lea is a village in Wiltshire, England, lying approximately east of Malmesbury. It is part of the civil parish of Lea and Cleverton which includes the village of Garsdon and the hamlet of Cleverton. Garsdon was a separate parish until 1934. T ...

, a village *

River Lea The River Lea ( ) is in South East England. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through Hertfordshire, along the Essex border and into Greater London, to meet the River Thames at Bow Creek. It is one of t ...

, a tributary of the Thames

Spain

* Lea, a river in

Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

, Basque Country

United States

Lea County, New Mexico Lea County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, its population was 64,727. Its county seat is Lovington. It is both west and north of the Texas state line. Lea County comprises the Hobbs, NM micropoli ...

People

Lea (given name) Lea is a feminine given name. In French the name Léa is from the biblical name Leah. In Spanish the same name is Lía, and in Italian Lia. In English it is an alternative spelling of Lee, meaning pasture or meadow. Notable people with the giv ...

Lea (surname) Lea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: People In music * Brandin Lea, the lead singer of Texas-based band Flickerstick and side project The February Chorus * Jim Lea (musician) (born 1949), English bass guitarist (Slade) In mi ...

Lea (musician) Lea-Marie Becker (born 9 July 1992), known professionally as Lea (stylized as LEA), is a German singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Life and career Lea is the daughter of a music therapist. When she was 15, she began releasing videos on YouTub ...

, a German singer-songwriter and keyboardist *

Lea baronets The Lea Baronetcy, of The Larches in Kidderminster in the County of Worcester and Sea Grove in Dawlish in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 October 1892 for Thomas Lea, Member of Parliam ...

, a title in the baronetage of the United Kingdom *

Lea Salonga Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga (; born February 22, 1971), known professionally as Lea Salonga, is a Filipino singer, actress, and columnist. Nicknamed "Pride of the Philippines," she is best known for her roles in musical theatre, for supplyin ...

, a Filipina singer, actress, and columnist

Arts and entertainment

Liberian Entertainment Awards The Liberian Entertainment Awards (commonly referred to as The LEA or simply LEA) is an annual awards show, recognizing Liberians at home and in the diaspora for their outstanding contributions to the Liberian entertainment industry. The annual c ...

(LEA), an annual Liberian music awards show * ''Léa'' (film), a 2011 French film * ''Lea'' (album), a 1988 studio album by

* ''Lea'' (film), a 1997 Czech drama directed by Ivan Fíla * "Lea", a song by Toto from their 1986 album ''

Fahrenheit The Fahrenheit scale () is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit. Several accounts of how he originally defined his ...

'' * ''Lea Salonga'' (album), a 1993 studio album by

Business

Lea-Francis Lea-Francis was a British motor manufacturing company that began by building bicycles. History R. H. Lea and G. I. Francis started the business in Coventry in 1895. They branched out into car manufacturing in 1903 and motorcycles in 1911. Le ...

, a motor manufacturing company founded by R. H. Lea and G. I. Francis *

Lea & Perrins Lea & Perrins (L&P) is a United Kingdom-based subsidiary of Kraft Heinz, originating in Worcester, England where it continues to operate. It is best known as the maker of Lea & Perrins brand of Worcestershire sauce, which was first sold in 183 ...

or L&P, a United Kingdom-based subsidiary of Kraft Heinz *

Lear Corporation Lear Corporation is an American company that manufactures automotive seating and automotive electrical systems. In 2019, it ranked #147 and in 2018, it ranked #148 on the Fortune 500 list. Early stages Lear Corporation was launched as American ...

, NYSE symbol is LEA

Education

Lea College Lea College was a private liberal arts college that operated from 1966 to 1973 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States. Lea was one of several Midwestern colleges established by local civic leaders with the support and encouragement of Parsons Colle ...

, Albert Lea, Minnesota, US, a private liberal arts college from 1966 to 1973 *

Local education authority Local education authorities (LEAs) were local councils in England that are responsible for education within their jurisdiction. The term was used to identify which council (district or county) is locally responsible for education in a system wit ...

, a public body in the United Kingdom

Government and politics

Labour Electoral Association {{Short description, Political motive of the Labour Electoral Association The Labour Electoral Association was a political organisation in the United Kingdom which aimed to get working men elected to Parliament. Foundation The issue of political re ...

, British Liberal-Labour organisation *

Law enforcement agency A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws. Jurisdiction LEAs which have their ability to apply their powers restricted in some way are said to operate within a jurisdiction. LEAs ...

, or law enforcement authority, in North America *

Local electoral area A local electoral area (LEA; ga, Toghlimistéir Áitiúil) is an electoral area for elections to local authorities in Ireland. All elections use the single transferable vote. The Republic of Ireland is divided into 166 LEAs, with an average po ...

, a district for local elections in Ireland

Military

Operation Léa Operation Léa was a French Union military operation between 7 October and 8 November 1947 during the First Indochina War. It is also known as the Việt Bắc Campaign (''Chiến Dịch Việt Bắc'') by the Viet Minh. It was an attempt by the ...

, a French Union operation during the First Indochina War * USS ''Lea'' (DD-118), a destroyer that served during both world wars

Technology

LEA (cipher) The Lightweight Encryption Algorithm (also known as LEA) is a 128-bit block cipher developed by South Korea in 2013 to provide confidentiality in high-speed environments such as big data and cloud computing, as well as lightweight environments su ...

, a lightweight block cipher *

Load effective address Addressing modes are an aspect of the instruction set architecture in most central processing unit (CPU) designs. The various addressing modes that are defined in a given instruction set architecture define how the machine code, machine language i ...

, a computer instruction * LEA, a General Motors car engine; see

GM Ecotec engine The GM Ecotec engine, also known by its codename L850, is a family of all-aluminium inline-four engines, displacing between 1.4 and 2.5 litres. While these engines were based on the GM Family II engine, the architecture was substantially re-engineer ...

* LEA, a Honda car engine; see Honda L engine

Other uses

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Lea Lea or LEA may refer to: Places Australia * Lea River, Tasmania, Australia * Lake Lea, Tasmania, from which the Lea River flows * RAAF Base Learmonth, IATA airport code "LEA" England * Lea, Cheshire, a civil parish * Lea, Derbyshire, a set ...

'', a genus of katydid *

LEA proteins Late embryogenesis abundant proteins (LEA proteins) are proteins in plants, and some bacteria and invertebrates that protect against protein aggregation due to desiccation or osmotic shock, osmotic stresses associated with low temperature. LEA pro ...

(Late Embryogenesis Abundant proteins) *

Lea test The LEA Vision Test System is a series of pediatric vision tests designed specifically for children who do not know how to read the letters of the alphabet that are typically used in eye charts. There are numerous variants of the LEA test which c ...

or LEA Vision Test System, a series of pediatric vision tests designed specifically for children who do not know how to read the letters of the alphabet that are typically used in eye charts *

Lea (unit) The lea or lay was a British unit of length. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' describes it as a measure "of varying quantity". It cites quotations from within various areas of the textile industry, which define it as "80 yards" (1888 note on a 139 ...

of length * Shabunda

Lega language Lega is a Bantu language, or dialect cluster, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo ...

of the DRC, ISO 639-3 code *

Leagrave railway station Leagrave railway station is located in Leagrave, a suburb in the north of Luton in Bedfordshire, England. Leagrave station is situated on the Midland Main Line 33¾ miles (54 km) north of London St Pancras International. The station is ...

, United Kingdom station code * Lea, an

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

word that refers to a field, meadow, or forest clearing