LaThe symbol for the element lanthanum. |
la 1 (lä)n. Music The sixth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin; see gamut.] |
la 2 (lä)interj. Used to express emphasis or indicate surprise. |
la Noun
La Chem lanthanum
LA 1. Los Angeles
2. Louisiana
LaThe symbol for lanthanum. |
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| Noun | 1. | La - a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earthmetal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
| 2. | LA - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil WarGulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line Deep South - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery Lafayette - a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians Monroe - a town in north central Louisiana Morgan City - a town in southeast Louisiana to the south of Baton Rouge New Orleans - a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year Shreveport - a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border Ouachita, Ouachita River - a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River Red River, Red - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana |
| 3. | la - the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmizationsolfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization |