# Lassa

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**Lassa** may refer to:

## Biology and medicine

- *[Asthena lassa](/source/Asthena_lassa)*, a moth in the family Geometridae
- [Lassa fever](/source/Lassa_fever), a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus - [Lassa virus](/source/Lassa_virus), the arenavirus that causes Lassa fever
- [Lassa hastata](/source/Lassa_hastata) (*Pavonia hastata*), a shrub in the family Malvaceae
- *[Saphenista lassa](/source/Saphenista_lassa)*, a species of moth of the family Tortricidae

## Places

- Lassa, a town in [Borno State](/source/Borno_State), Nigeria
- [Lassa, Lebanon](/source/Lassa,_Lebanon), a municipality in the Byblos District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon
- [Lassa, Togo](/source/Lassa,_Togo), a city in the Kara Region of Togo
- [Lhasa](/source/Lhasa) or Lassa, the inner urban district of the city Lhasa, Tibet, China - [Lhasa (city)](/source/Lhasa_(city))

## Other uses

- [Lassa Oppenheim](/source/Lassa_Oppenheim) (1858–1919), German jurist and author
- [Lassa (surname)](/source/Lassa_(surname)), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
- [FC Barcelona Lassa](/source/FC_Barcelona_Lassa), a former sponsorship name of a Spanish professional basketball club

## See also

- [Lasa (disambiguation)](/source/Lasa_(disambiguation))
- [Lassas](/source/Lassas), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
- [Lhasa (disambiguation)](/source/Lhasa_(disambiguation))

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