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LA

noun
/ˌɛl ˈeɪ//lɑː//lɑː˥/

Etymology

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English la (“sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian la in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip's”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

  1. derived from labiī — “lip's”
  2. derived from la
  3. inherited from la

Definitions

  1. Initialism of left atrium.

  2. Initialism of lead arsenate.

  3. Initialism of local anesthetic.

  4. ›+ 20 more definitions

    1. Initialism of lateral area.

    2. Initialism of local authority.

    3. Initialism of Los Angeles

      Initialism of Los Angeles: a city in California, United States.

      • 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!

    4. Abbreviation of Louisiana

      Abbreviation of Louisiana: a state of the United States.

    5. Abbreviation of Ladakh

      Abbreviation of Ladakh: a union territory of India.

    6. Abbreviation of Lower Arkansas, also in reference to the state of Louisiana.

    7. Abbreviation of Lampung

      Abbreviation of Lampung: a province of Indonesia.

    8. Initialism of Las Anod

      Initialism of Las Anod: a city in Somalia.

    9. Initialism of Linear A.

    10. A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.

    11. Represents the sound of music or singing.

      • "La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.
      • The only part Lucy had to sing was the interlude, which was a bunch of la la la's, and the last verse of the song, which was only four lines, and the chorus, which was just as short.

    12. Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.

    13. Expressing surprise, anger. etc.

      • “Oh, la! here come the Richardsons. I had a vast deal more to say to you, but I must not stay away from them any longer.”
      • "La, William, don't be so highty-tighty with us. We're not men. We can't fight you," Miss Jane said.

    14. Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).

      • By judicious leaking, he also managed to make la Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory.
      • (You have to wonder where la Wintour finds the time for all this styling: maybe it's a displacement activity to fill the void left by her failure to get the Democratic party into power?)

    15. lad, kid

    16. Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than…

      Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.

      • Sleep la!
      • Eat shit la you!

    17. Used to tone down comments.

      • ok la

    18. Alternative form of lah.

    19. Abbreviation of lane (in street addresses).

    20. Alternative form of LA.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA