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LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:


Arts and entertainment


Music

* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * '' L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *
The La's The La's were an English rock band from Liverpool, originally active from 1983 until 1992. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers, the group are best known for their hit single " There She Goes". The band was formed by Mike Ba ...
, an English rock band *
L.A. Reid Antonio Marquis "L.A." Reid (born June 7, 1956) is an American record executive, A&R representative, and record producer. He is the founder and served as co-chairman of Hitco Entertainment. He also previously served as the chairman and CEO of Ep ...
, a prominent music producer *
Yung L.A. Leland Sanford Austin (born March 26, 1986), better known by his stage name Yung L.A. or Da Boi Lay, is an American hip hop recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia. He is perhaps best known for his debut single " Ain't I", which peaked at number ...
, a rapper *
Lady A Lady A (formerly known as Lady Antebellum) is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2006. The group is composed of Hillary Scott (lead and background vocals), Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals, guitar), ...
, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River


Other media

* l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''
''Lá'' ( Irish for "Day"; later known as ''Lá Nua'', Irish for "New Day") was an Irish-language daily newspaper based in Belfast. It was the first daily newspaper in Ireland to be published in Irish. ''Lá Nua'' belonged to the Belfast Media ...
'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper *
La7 La7 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Cairo Communication. Until 2013 it was a pay-per-view channel owned by Telecom Italia Media and operated by Telecom Italia. Signal overspill means that parts of Albania, Croatia, Swi ...
, an Italian television channel *
LucasArts Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game licensor that is part of Lucasfilm. It was founded in May 1982 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company; as part of a large ...
, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal


Business, organizations, and government agencies

* L.A. Screenings, a television market * LATAM Chile, formerly LAN Airlines (IATA code) * Lavochkin, a Russian design bureau * Lawrence Academy at Groton, an American boarding school *
Lebanese Army ) , founded = 1 August 1945 , current_form = 1991 , disbanded = , branches = Lebanese Ground ForcesLebanese Air Force Lebanese Navy , headquarters = Yarze, Lebanon , flying_hours = , websi ...
, the military of the Republic of Lebanon *
Library Association The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, since 2017 branded CILIP: The library and information association (pronounced ), is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the U ...
, now called the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals * Linux Australia *
Local authority Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-l ...
, a unit of government in the United Kingdom * London Assembly * Loyola Academy, an American college preparatory high school


Language

* Latin, by ISO 639-1 language code * La (Javanese) (ꦭ), a syllabic in the Javanese abugidic script * la, a definite article (grammar) form in Romance languages


Places


Europe

* Lancaster, a city in northwest England **
LA postcode area The LA postcode area, also known as the Lancaster postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of 23 postcode districts in north-west England, within 17 post towns. These cover north Lancashire (including Lancaster, ...
, northwest England (area name derived from city of Lancaster) *
Landeck District The Bezirk Landeck ( it, Distretto di Landeck) is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in Tyrol, Austria. It borders the district Reutte in the north, the district Imst in the east, South Tyrol ( Italy) and Graubünden (Switzerland) in the so ...
, Austria (''LA'' on vehicle license plates) * Long Ashton, North Somerset, England


North America

* Latin America * Los Altos (disambiguation), various places * Louisiana, a state in the United States (postal abbreviation: LA) * Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada * Lower Alabama (South Alabama and Northwest Florida) * Lewiston–Auburn, twin cities in the US state of Maine


Elsewhere

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Los Ángeles (disambiguation) Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous in the United States. Los Angeles may also refer to: Places Panama * Los Ángeles, Chiriquí, a corregimiento * Los Ángeles, Los Santos, another corregimien ...
, several places in Latin countries * Laos (by ISO 3166-1 country code) **
.la .la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos. Although the .la domain is officially assigned to the country of Laos, subdomains have been delegated to some organizations outside Laos. History The LA Names Corporation, b ...
, country-code top level domain for Laos * Las Anod, a city in Khatumo and Somalia * Latin America * La, Ghana, a town in La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana


Science, technology, and mathematics


Biology, biochemistry, and medicine

* ''La'' (genus), a genus of moths * Lauric acid, a saturated fatty acid * Lewis acids and bases, literature abbreviation *
Linoleic acid Linoleic acid (LA) is an organic compound with the formula COOH(CH2)7CH=CHCH2CH=CH(CH2)4CH3. Both alkene groups are ''cis''. It is a fatty acid sometimes denoted 18:2 (n-6) or 18:2 ''cis''-9,12. A linoleate is a salt or ester of this acid. L ...
, a fatty acid *
Lipoic acid Lipoic acid (LA), also known as α-lipoic acid, alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) and thioctic acid, is an organosulfur compound derived from caprylic acid (octanoic acid). ALA is made in animals normally, and is essential for aerobic metabolism. It is ...
, an organosulfur compound * Lupus anticoagulant, an autoimmune disorder *
Local anesthetic A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of pain sensation. In the context of surgery, a local anesthetic creates an absence of pain in a specific location of the body without a loss of consciousness, as opposed to a general a ...
, in medicine


Computing

* Load average, a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs


Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

* Lanthanum, symbol La, a chemical element *
Laser ablation Laser ablation or photoablation (also called laser blasting) is the process of removing material from a solid (or occasionally liquid) surface by irradiating it with a laser beam. At low laser flux, the material is heated by the absorbed laser ...
, a technique of removing material from a surface by irradiating it with a laser beam * Linear algebra, a branch of mathematics


Other uses

* Landscape architecture, the design of outdoor structures *
Language arts Language arts (also known as English language arts or ELA) is the study and improvement of the arts of language. Traditionally, the primary divisions in language arts are literature and language, where language in this case refers to both ling ...
, an educational subject * Legislative assistant, a rôle on a legislator's staff


People with the given name, La

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La David Johnson The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked Nigerien and US soldiers outside the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, while they were returni ...
(1992–2017), United States Army Sergeant *
LaBradford Smith LaBradford Corvey Smith (born April 3, 1969) is an American retired professional basketball player. Career Smith went to Bay City High School in Bay City, Texas. He played collegiately at the University of Louisville before being selected by th ...
(born 1969), American basketball player


Vessels of the United States Navy

* ''Los Angeles''-class submarine, a boat class


See also

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La La (disambiguation) La La may refer to: Music * La la (music), a style of Louisianan Creole music Albums * ''L.A. L.A.'' (album), a retrospective album by Stiv Bators and also the name of a song by the artist Songs * "La La" (Ashlee Simpson song), a song by Ashl ...
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Los Angeles (disambiguation) Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous in the United States. Los Angeles may also refer to: Places Panama * Los Ángeles, Chiriquí, a corregimiento * Los Ángeles, Los Santos, another corregimien ...
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