La

La

The symbol for the element lanthanum.

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LA

abbr.

1. Latin America

2. Legislative Assembly

3. local agent

4. Los Angeles

5. also La. Louisiana

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la ¹  (lä)

n. Music

The sixth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin; see gamut.]

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la ²  (lä)

interj.

Used to express emphasis or indicate surprise.

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La

the chemical symbol for

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) lanthanum

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LA

abbreviation for

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Legislative Assembly

2. (Library Science & Bibliography) Library Association

3. local agent

4. (Placename) Los Angeles

5. (Placename) Louisiana

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la¹

n

(Music, other) Music a variant spelling of lah

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la²

interj

an exclamation of surprise or emphasis

[Old English lā lo]

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la³

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science)

the Internet domain name for Lao People's Democratic Republic

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La

The symbol for lanthanum.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	La - a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth atomic number 57, lanthanum metal, 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 War Louisiana, Pelican State U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Gulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 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 Alexandria - a town in Louisiana on the Red River Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana - capital of Louisiana 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 solmization lah solfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization