Lea or LEA may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Lea River, Tasmania, Australia
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Lake Lea
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...
, Tasmania, from which the
Lea River flows
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RAAF Base Learmonth
RAAF Base Learmonth, also known as Learmonth Airport , is a joint use Royal Australian Air Force base and civil airport. It is located near the town of Exmouth on the north-west coast of Western Australia. RAAF Base Learmonth is one of the RAAF ...
, IATA airport code "LEA"
England
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Lea, Cheshire, a civil parish
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Lea, Derbyshire, a settlement in the civil parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway
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Lea, Devon, a
location
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Lea, Herefordshire, a village and civil parish
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Lea, Lancashire, a village
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Lea, Lincolnshire, a small village and civil parish
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Lea, Lydham, a
location in Shropshire
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Lea, Pontesbury, a
location in Shropshire
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Lea, Wiltshire, a village
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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, Basque Country
United States
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Lea County, New Mexico
People
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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 give ...
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Lea (surname)
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Lea (musician), a German singer-songwriter and keyboardist
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Lea baronets, a title in the baronetage of the United Kingdom
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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
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Liberian Entertainment Awards (LEA), an annual Liberian music awards show
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''Léa'' (film), a 2011 French film
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''Lea'' (album), a 1988 studio album by
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 ...
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''Lea'' (film), a 1997 Czech drama directed by Ivan Fíla
* "Lea", a song by Toto from their 1986 album ''
Fahrenheit''
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''Lea Salonga'' (album), a 1993 studio album by
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 ...
Business
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Lea-Francis, a motor manufacturing company founded by R. H. Lea and G. I. Francis
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Lea & Perrins or L&P, a United Kingdom-based subsidiary of Kraft Heinz
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Lear Corporation, NYSE symbol is LEA
Education
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Lea College, Albert Lea, Minnesota, US, a private liberal arts college from 1966 to 1973
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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
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Labour Electoral Association, British Liberal-Labour organisation
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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
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Local electoral area, a district for local elections in Ireland
Military
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Operation Léa, a French Union operation during the First Indochina War
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USS ''Lea'' (DD-118), a destroyer that served during both world wars
Technology
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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 ...
, a lightweight block cipher
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Load effective address, a computer instruction
* LEA, a General Motors car engine; see
GM Ecotec engine
* LEA, a Honda car engine; see
Honda L engine
Other uses
* ''
Lea'', a genus of katydid
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LEA proteins (Late Embryogenesis Abundant proteins)
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Lea test 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
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Lea (unit) of length
* Shabunda
Lega language of the DRC, ISO 639-3 code
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Leagrave railway station, 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
See also
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Small River Lea, a tributary of the River Lea
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Leah (disambiguation) Leah was the first wife of the Biblical patriarch Jacob.
Leah may also refer to:
Places
* Leah, Iran, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
*Leah Peak, Alberta, Canada
* Leah Lake, Idaho, United States
* Leah Ridge, Antarctica
People with the name
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Lee (disambiguation)
Lee may refer to:
Name
Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...
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Leigh (disambiguation)
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LEAS (disambiguation) Leas or LEAS may refer to:
* The Leas, a large area of land owned by the National Trust along the coastal cliffs of South Shields, England
* Terrence Leas, American academic and community college president
*LEAS, ICAO code for Asturias Airport, Ast ...
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