LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. 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), ''Figure 8'' (album) *L.A. (EP), ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album *L.A. (Neil Young song), "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer *Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A, an American country music trio *L.A. (Amy Macdonald song), "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River (musician), Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album

Other media

*l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings *La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) *''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper *La7, an Italian television channel *LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher *Liber Annuus, academic journal

Business, organizations, and government agencies

*Liberal Alliance (Denmark), a Danish liberal party *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 Armed Forces, Lebanese Army, the military of the Republic of Lebanon *Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, Library Association, now called the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals *Linux Australia *Local government#United Kingdom, Local authority, 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 form of the definite article in many Romance languages

Places

Europe

*Lower Austria (abbreviation: LA), a federal state in Austria *Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, a city in northwest England **LA postcode area, northwest England (area name derived from city of Lancaster) *Landeck District, Austria (''LA'' on vehicle license plates) *Long Ashton, North Somerset, England

North America

*Latin America *Los Alamos, New Mexico *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

*Los Ángeles (disambiguation), several places in Latin countries *Laos (by ISO 3166-1 country code) **.la, its top-level domain *Ladakh, a union territory of India (ISO 3166-2 code) *Las Anod, a city in Khatumo and Somalia *Latin America *La, Ghana, a town in La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, Greater Accra Region *Lubuk Alung railway station, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology, biochemistry, and medicine

*La (genus), ''La'' (genus), a genus of moths *Lauric acid, a saturated fatty acid *Lewis acids and bases, literature abbreviation *Linoleic acid, a fatty acid *Lipoic acid, an organosulfur compound *Lupus anticoagulant, an autoimmune disorder *Local anesthetic, in medicine *Ludwig's angina, a type of bacterial infection that occurs in the floor of the mouth, under the tongue

Computing

*Load (computing), Load average, a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs *LoongArch, a RISC instruction set architecture

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

*Lanthanum, symbol La, a chemical element *Laser ablation, 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, an educational subject *Legislative assistant, a rôle on a legislator's staff

People with the given name, La

*La David Johnson (1992–2017), United States Army Sergeant *LaBradford Smith (born 1969), American basketball player

Vessels of the United States Navy

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