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hreflang="cs" data-title="LA" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/LA" title="LA – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="LA" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/LA" title="LA – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="LA" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/LA" title="LA – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="LA" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Translingual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbol">Symbol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="mul">LA</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_standard" class="extiw" title="w:International standard">international standards</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 3166-1">ISO 3166-1</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2">alpha-2</a> <a href="/wiki/country_code#English" title="country code">country code</a> for <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Laos#English" title="Laos">Laos</a></i>.</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/LAO#Translingual" title="LAO">LAO</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-3">alpha-3</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌɛl ˈeɪ/</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[ˌɛɫ ˈlej]</span></li></ul></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-LA.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-LA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-LA.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-LA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-LA.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-LA.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-LA.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-LA.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/e%C9%AA" title="Rhymes:English/eɪ"><span class="IPA">-eɪ</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">LA</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/LAs#English" title="LAs">LAs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/anatomy" title="anatomy">anatomy</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/medicine" title="medicine">medicine</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Initialism of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/left#English" title="left">left</a> <a href="/wiki/atrium#English" title="atrium">atrium</a></i></span></span>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/inorganic_chemistry" title="inorganic chemistry">inorganic chemistry</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Initialism of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lead_arsenate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lead arsenate (page does not exist)">lead arsenate</a></i></span></span>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/pharmacology" title="pharmacology">pharmacology</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Initialism of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/local_anesthetic#English" title="local anesthetic">local anesthetic</a></i></span></span>.</li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Initialism of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lateral_area#English" title="lateral area">lateral area</a></i></span></span>.</li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Initialism of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/local#English" title="local">local</a> <a href="/wiki/authority#English" title="authority">authority</a></i></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">left atrium</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/LV#English" title="LV">LV</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/RA#English" title="RA">RA</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/RV#English" title="RV">RV</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">LA</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Initialism of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles#English" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></i></span></span>, a city in the <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/United_States#English" title="United States">United States</a></span>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1957</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac" class="extiw" title="w:Jack Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a>, chapter 13, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road" class="extiw" title="w:On the Road">On the Road</a></cite>, Penguin, published <span class="None" lang="und">1976</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/43419454">→OCLC</a></small>, part 1, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/onroad0000kero_y6a2/page/86/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">86</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><b>LA</b> 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. <b>LA</b> is a jungle.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2005</b> May 1, Robert Lamoreaux, Michelle Lamoreaux, Nicole Demerse, Jef Biederman, Richard Clark, “Evil Promotion Much?”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_Spies!" class="extiw" title="w:Totally Spies!">Totally Spies!</a>: Undercover</cite>, season 3, episode <span class="None" lang="und">24</span>, spoken by Clover (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Baker" class="extiw" title="w:Andrea Baker">Andrea Baker</a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Media" class="extiw" title="w:Marathon Media">Marathon Media</a>, via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletoon" class="extiw" title="w:Teletoon">Teletoon</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Speaking as an <b>LA</b> native, this is the longest earthquake I’ve ever felt!</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#abbreviation" title="Appendix:Glossary">Abbreviation</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana#English" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></i></span></span>, a state of the <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/United_States#English" title="United States">United States</a></span>.</li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#abbreviation" title="Appendix:Glossary">Abbreviation</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ladakh#English" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a></i></span></span>, a state of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/India#English" title="India">India</a></span>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/humorous" title="humorous">humorous</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <i>Abbreviation of Lower <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a></i>, also in reference to the state of Louisiana.</li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#abbreviation" title="Appendix:Glossary">Abbreviation</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Lampung#English" title="Lampung">Lampung</a></i></span></span>, a <a href="/wiki/province" title="province">province</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia#English" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></span>.</li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Initialism of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Las_Anod#English" title="Las Anod">Las Anod</a></i></span></span>, a city in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Somalia#English" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></span>.</li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Initialism of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Linear_A#English" title="Linear A">Linear A</a></i></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Louisiana</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/La.#English" title="La.">La.</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Los Angeles</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/L.A.#English" title="L.A.">L.A.</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/L._A.#English" title="L. 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A.</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/East_LA#English" title="East LA">East LA</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/West_LA#English" title="West LA">West LA</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LA&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Al#English" title="Al">Al</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a 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