La

Definitions

1. Initialism of left atrium.
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2. Initialism of Los Angeles: a city in California, United States.
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3. Sixth tone of the diatonic scale.
4. A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
5. lad, kid
6. Abbreviation of lane (in street addresses).
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7. Initialism of lead arsenate.
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8. Abbreviation of Louisiana: a state of the United States.
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9. Initialism of local anesthetic.
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10. Abbreviation of Ladakh: a union territory of India.
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11. Initialism of lateral area.
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12. Abbreviation of Lower Arkansas, also in reference to the state of Louisiana.
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13. Initialism of local authority.
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14. Abbreviation of Lampung: a province of Indonesia.
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15. Initialism of Las Anod: a city in Somalia.
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16. Initialism of Linear A.
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Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Speaking as an LA native, this is the longest earthquake I’ve ever felt!”

“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 should mention⟳, who do not consider⟳ that these words of exclamation are used by ladies in a fright, as fa, la, la, ra, da, &c., are in music, only as the vehicles of sound⟳, and without any fixed ideas.”

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