loa

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
3. Initialism of leave of absence.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. A town, the county seat of Wayne County, Utah, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. Initialism of letter of appreciation.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, letter
6. Initialism of length over all, the length of a ship's hull without attachments.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

“Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have⟳ their permanent residence, their primal location.”

“Some will caution you at great length about the dangers of Vodou. They will tell⟳ you that the lwa are jealous, thin-skinned, and hot-tempered.”

“Equally surprising is to find⟳ St Patrick so prominent in many Vodou shrines, until one remembers that he too had been a slave who had twice crossed the sea, the second time to freedom, and that he had particular power over snakes, like⟳ the loa (Haitian equivalent of orisha) Dambala Wèdo.”

“But in the end⟳, nothing says as much about a yacht, or its owner, as the delicate matter⟳ of L.O.A.—length over all.”

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