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Meanings of la in English

Portuguese
lantânio
Catalan
lantà
Wikidata

A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth.

lantânio
Portuguese
luisiana

A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.

luisiana
Portuguese
lá
Catalan
la
Spanish
la

The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.

lá
Spanish
la

Definite article in Spanish language.

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Usage of la in English
1
It's by no means clear those could survive in an-la carte regime.
Wired
2
The Col de la Bonette-Restefond is the highest mountain pass in Europe.
The Irish Times
3
We lost the great Oscar de la Renta, Medina said on Twitter.
Reuters
4
Freddie de la Hay was, of course, quite unaware of his celebrity.
Corduroy mansions
5
It remains in the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume within a bulletproof glass case.
News.com.au
6
They also have moved aggressively into investigations à la Law and Order.
Wired
7
Meanwhile, U.S. media companies are fighting the a la carte concept ferociously.
Reuters
8
Success in la noche madrileña means getting to grips with certain concepts.
The Guardian
9
It went from humming, to some la-la-la action to random non-related words.
Ebony
10
On the 16th Brumaire I dined in the Rue de la Victoire.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 03
11
On the morning of the 4th Mathien de la Drôme came in.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
12
You sat silent as the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde.
The Mountebank
13
Dockery will be in la-la land for another twenty minutes or so.
True blue
14
Action Contre la Faim suspended its operations in Afghanistan after the abduction.
Reuters
15
General De la Rey addressed them and explained the situation in Europe.
Native Life in South Africa / Before and Since the European War ...
16
The inscription on the outside of the lid D. de la A.
Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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