# La

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**LA** most frequently refers to [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), the second most populous city in the United States of America.

**La**, **LA**, or **L.A.** may also refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

### Music

- [La (musical note)](/source/La_(musical_note)), or A, the sixth note
- "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on [*Figure 8* (album)](/source/Figure_8_(album))
- [*L.A.* (EP)](/source/L.A._(EP)), by Teddy Thompson
- *[L.A. (Light Album)](/source/L.A._(Light_Album))*, a Beach Boys album
- ["L.A." (Neil Young song)](/source/L.A._(Neil_Young_song)), 1973
- [The La's](/source/The_La's), an English rock band
- [L.A. Reid](/source/L.A._Reid), a prominent music producer
- [Yung L.A.](/source/Yung_L.A.), a rapper
- [Lady A](/source/Lady_A), an American country music trio
- ["L.A." (Amy Macdonald song)](/source/L.A._(Amy_Macdonald_song)), 2007
- "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter [Old Man River](/source/Old_Man_River_(musician))
- *La*, a [Les Gordon](/source/Les_Gordon) album

### Other media

- [l(a](/source/L(a), a poem by E. E. Cummings
- [La (Tarzan)](/source/La_(Tarzan)), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan)
- *[Lá](/source/L%C3%A1)*, later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper
- [La7](/source/La7), an Italian television channel
- [LucasArts](/source/LucasArts), an American video game developer and publisher
- [Liber Annuus](/source/Liber_Annuus), academic journal

## Business, organizations, and government agencies

- [Liberal Alliance (Denmark)](/source/Liberal_Alliance_(Denmark)), a Danish liberal party
- [L.A. Screenings](/source/L.A._Screenings), a television market
- [LATAM Chile](/source/LATAM_Chile), formerly LAN Airlines (IATA code)
- [Lavochkin](/source/Lavochkin), a Russian design bureau
- [Lawrence Academy at Groton](/source/Lawrence_Academy_at_Groton), an American boarding school
- [Lebanese Army](/source/Lebanese_Armed_Forces), the military of the Republic of Lebanon
- [Lee Academy (Maine)](/source/Lee_Academy_(Maine))
- [Library Association](/source/Chartered_Institute_of_Library_and_Information_Professionals), now called the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
- [Linux Australia](/source/Linux_Australia)
- [Local authority](/source/Local_government#United_Kingdom), a unit of government in the United Kingdom
- [London Assembly](/source/London_Assembly)
- [Loyola Academy](/source/Loyola_Academy), an American college preparatory high school

## Language

- [Latin](/source/Latin), by ISO 639-1 language code
- [La (Javanese)](/source/La_(Javanese)) (ꦭ), a syllabic in the Javanese abugidic script
- la, a form of the [definite article](/source/Definite_article) in many Romance languages

## Places

### Europe

- [Lower Austria](/source/Lower_Austria) (abbreviation: LA), a federal state in Austria
- [Lancaster](/source/Lancaster,_Lancashire), a city in northwest England - [LA postcode area](/source/LA_postcode_area), northwest England (area name derived from city of Lancaster)
- [Landeck District](/source/Landeck_District), Austria (*LA* on vehicle license plates)
- [Long Ashton](/source/Long_Ashton), North Somerset, England

### North America

- [Latin America](/source/Latin_America)
- [Los Alamos, New Mexico](/source/Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico)
- [Los Altos (disambiguation)](/source/Los_Altos_(disambiguation)), various places
- [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), a state in the United States (postal abbreviation: LA)
- [Lethbridge](/source/Lethbridge), Alberta, Canada
- [Lower Alabama](/source/Lower_Alabama) (South Alabama and Northwest Florida)
- [Lewiston–Auburn](/source/Lewiston%E2%80%93Auburn), twin cities in the US state of Maine

### Elsewhere

- [Los Ángeles (disambiguation)](/source/Los_%C3%81ngeles_(disambiguation)), several places in Latin countries
- [Laos](/source/Laos) (by ISO 3166-1 country code) - [.la](/source/.la), its top-level domain
- [La district](/source/La_district), in Oudomxay Province, Laos
- [Ladakh](/source/Ladakh), a union territory of India (ISO 3166-2 code)
- [Las Anod](/source/Las_Anod), a city in Khatumo and Somalia
- [Latin America](/source/Latin_America)
- [La, Ghana](/source/La,_Ghana), a town in [La Dade Kotopon Municipal District](/source/La_Dade_Kotopon_Municipal_District), Greater Accra Region
- [Lubuk Alung railway station](/source/Lubuk_Alung_railway_station), West Sumatra, Indonesia

## Science, technology, and mathematics

### Biology, biochemistry, and medicine

- [*La* (genus)](/source/La_(genus)), a genus of moths
- [Lauric acid](/source/Lauric_acid), a saturated fatty acid
- [Lewis acids and bases](/source/Lewis_acids_and_bases), literature abbreviation
- [Linoleic acid](/source/Linoleic_acid), a fatty acid
- [Lipoic acid](/source/Lipoic_acid), an organosulfur compound
- [Lupus anticoagulant](/source/Lupus_anticoagulant), an autoimmune disorder
- [Local anesthetic](/source/Local_anesthetic), in medicine
- [Ludwig's angina](/source/Ludwig's_angina), a type of bacterial infection that occurs in the floor of the mouth, under the tongue

### Computing

- [Load average](/source/Load_(computing)), a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs
- [LoongArch](/source/LoongArch), a RISC instruction set architecture

### Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

- [Lanthanum](/source/Lanthanum), symbol La, a chemical element
- [Laser ablation](/source/Laser_ablation), a technique of removing material from a surface by irradiating it with a laser beam
- [Linear algebra](/source/Linear_algebra), a branch of mathematics

## Other uses

- [Landscape architecture](/source/Landscape_architecture), the design of outdoor structures
- [Language arts](/source/Language_arts), an educational subject
- [Legislative assistant](/source/Legislative_assistant), a rôle on a legislator's staff

## People

### People with the given name, La

- [La David Johnson](/source/La_David_Johnson) (1992–2017), United States Army Sergeant
- [LaBradford Smith](/source/LaBradford_Smith) (born 1969), American basketball player
- [La the Darkman](/source/La_the_Darkman) (born 1979), stage name of American a musician and emcee Lason Jackson

### People nicknamed La

- [Lasse Andersson](/source/Lasse_Andersson), (born 1994), Danish handballer

## Vessels of the United States Navy

- [*Los Angeles*-class submarine](/source/Los_Angeles-class_submarine), a boat class

## See also

- [La La (disambiguation)](/source/La_La_(disambiguation))
- [Los Angeles (disambiguation)](/source/Los_Angeles_(disambiguation))

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