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Noun: la  laa
  1. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
    - lah
Noun: L.A.
  1. A city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States
    - Los Angeles, City of the Angels
Noun: La
  1. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
    - lanthanum, atomic number 57
Noun: La.
  1. A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
    - Louisiana, Pelican State, LA

Derived forms: las, Las

Type of: American state, city, metal, metallic element, metropolis, point of entry, port of entry, solfa syllable, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: America, CA, Calif., California, Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Deep South, Dixie, Dixieland, Golden State, Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf States, South, Southern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: La, La, La