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LA¹
- /ˌɛl ˈeɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ
noun LAs
- Initialism of left atrium
- Initialism of lead arsenate
- Initialism of local anesthetic
- Initialism of lateral area
- Initialism of local authority
proper noun
- Initialism of Los Angeles: a city in California, United States. LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.
- Abbreviation of Louisiana: a state of the United States.
- Abbreviation of Ladakh: a union territory of India.
- Abbreviation of Lower Arkansas, also in reference to the state of Louisiana.
- Abbreviation of Lampung: a province of Indonesia.
- Initialism of Las Anod: a city in Somalia.
- Initialism of Linear A
la²
- /lɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English la (“sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian la in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip's”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
noun las · lah
- A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale. And now Mrs Waters (for we must confess she was in the same bed), being, I suppose, awakened from her sleep, and seeing two men fighting in her bedchamber, began to scream in the most violent manner, crying out murder! robbery! and more frequently rape! which last, some, perhaps, may wonder she shou
- Sometimes syllable for both the third and the sixth.
la³
- /lɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
Sound used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare Old English lā (a common exclamation), Ancient Greek λαλαγε (lalage, “babble”), German lallen (“to babble”).
interjection
- Represents the sound of music or singing. "La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.
la⁴
- /lɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
From Middle English la, from Old English lā. More at lo.
interjection law
- Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
- Expressing surprise, anger. etc. La, ma'am, what doth your la'ship think? the girl that your la'ship saw at church on Sunday, whom you thought so handsome; though you would not have thought her so handsome neither, if you had seen her nearer, but to be sure she hath been carried before the justice for being big with child.
la⁵
- /lɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
From French la, Italian la.
adjective
- Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna). Following lukewarm on the heels of an article a few weeks ago, where (I paraphrase due to having filed the relevant copy in the recycling bin) Victoria Beckham made a "well-meaning" remark that the other Spice Girls might want to lose a few pounds, we now have a new incidence of La Beckham's scintil
la⁶
- /lɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
Possibly a shortened form of lad.
noun las
- lad, kid
la⁷
- /lɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
Abbreviation.
noun las
- Abbreviation of lane
la⁸
- /lɑː˥/ Hong Kong
- /lɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
From Cantonese 啦 (laa¹). Doublet of lah.
particle
- Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order. Sleep la!
- Used to tone down comments. ok la
la⁹
- /lɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
particle
- Alternative form of lah
La10
Where it comes from
From LA
noun Las
- Alternative form of LA
La11
Where it comes from
From la., from lane
noun
- Abbreviation of lane (in street addresses).
La12
proper noun
- A surname
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lanthanum, lah, tra, ooh, manti, tunis, castile, caracas, arica, norris, houp, hoffmann, castilla, celui, halte, tumaco
Translations
Talk about this word "la." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/la. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. la. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/la "la." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/la.Cite this
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