LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''

L.A. (Light Album) ''L.A. (Light Album)'' is the 23rd studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on March 16, 1979, and their first issued through CBS Records. Recorded during a period of acrimony between the band members, it was a critical an ...

'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *

The La's The La's were an English rock band from Liverpool, originally active from 1983 until 1992. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers, the group are best known for their hit single " There She Goes". The band was formed by Mike Bad ...

, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * L.A. (Amy Macdonald song), "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River (musician), Old Man River

Other media

* l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal

Business, organizations, and government agencies

* L.A. Screenings, a television market * LATAM Chile, formerly LAN Airlines (IATA code) * Lavochkin, a Russian design bureau * Lawrence Academy at Groton, an American boarding school * Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanese Army, the military of the Republic of Lebanon * Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, Library Association, now called the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals * Linux Australia * Local government#United Kingdom, Local authority, a unit of government in the United Kingdom * London Assembly * Loyola Academy, an American college preparatory high school

Language

* Latin, by ISO 639-1 language code * La (Javanese) (ꦭ), a syllabic in the Javanese abugidic script * la, a definite article (grammar) form in Romance languages

Places

Europe

* Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, a city in northwest England ** LA postcode area, northwest England (area name derived from city of Lancaster) * Landeck District, Austria (''LA'' on vehicle license plates) * Long Ashton, North Somerset, England

North America

* Latin America * Los Altos (disambiguation), various places * Louisiana, a state in the United States (postal abbreviation: LA) * Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada * Lower Alabama (South Alabama and Northwest Florida) * Lewiston–Auburn, twin cities in the US state of Maine

Elsewhere

* Los Ángeles (disambiguation), several places in Latin countries * Laos (by ISO 3166-1 country code) ** .la, country-code top level domain for Laos * Las Anod, a city in Khatumo and Somalia * Latin America * La, Ghana, a town in La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology, biochemistry, and medicine

* La (genus), ''La'' (genus), a genus of moths * Lauric acid, a saturated fatty acid * Lewis acids and bases, literature abbreviation * Linoleic acid, a fatty acid * Lipoic acid, an organosulfur compound * Lupus anticoagulant, an autoimmune disorder * Local anesthetic, in medicine

Computing

* Load (computing), Load average, a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

* Lanthanum, symbol La, a chemical element * Laser ablation, a technique of removing material from a surface by irradiating it with a laser beam * Linear algebra, a branch of mathematics

Other uses

* Landscape architecture, the design of outdoor structures * Language arts, an educational subject * Legislative assistant, a rôle on a legislator's staff

People with the given name, La

* La David Johnson (1992–2017), United States Army Sergeant * LaBradford Smith (born 1969), American basketball player

Vessels of the United States Navy

* Los Angeles-class submarine, ''Los Angeles''-class submarine, a boat class