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) A or La is the sixth note and the tenth semitone of the fixed-do solfège. Its enharmonic equivalents are B (B double flat) which is a diatonic semitone above A and G (G double sharp) which is a diatonic semitone below A. "A" is generally ...

, 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)'', 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 Lady A (formerly known as Lady Antebellum) is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2006. The group is composed of Hillary Scott (lead and background vocals), Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals, guitar), ...

, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter 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 ''Lá'' ( Irish for "Day"; later known as ''Lá Nua'', Irish for "New Day") was an Irish-language daily newspaper based in Belfast. It was the first daily newspaper in Ireland to be published in Irish. ''Lá Nua'' belonged to the Belfast Media ...

'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper *

La7 La7 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Cairo Communication. Until 2013 it was a pay-per-view channel owned by Telecom Italia Media and operated by Telecom Italia. Signal overspill means that parts of Albania, Croatia, Swi ...

, an Italian television channel *

LucasArts Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game licensor that is part of Lucasfilm. It was founded in May 1982 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company; as part of a large ...

, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal

Business, organizations, and government agencies

L.A. Screenings The L.A. Screenings is an international television (TV) market that developed independently. Over the years it was adapted to the needs of the TV industry without the benefit of central organization. Nowadays it attracts some 1,500 top-level TV p ...

, a television market *

LATAM Chile LATAM Airlines Chile (formerly LAN Airlines and LAN-Chile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile, one of the founders of LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest airline holding company. The main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez Internationa ...

, formerly LAN Airlines (IATA code) *

Lavochkin NPO Lavochkin (russian: НПО Лавочкина, OKB-301, also called Lavochkin Research and Production Association or shortly Lavochkin Association, LA) is a Russian aerospace company. It is a major player in the Russian space program, being th ...

, a Russian design bureau *

Lawrence Academy at Groton Lawrence Academy at Groton is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded in 1792 by a group of fifty residents of Groton and Pepperell, Massachusett ...

, an American boarding school *

Lebanese Army ) , founded = 1 August 1945 , current_form = 1991 , disbanded = , branches = Lebanese Ground Forces Lebanese Air ForceLebanese Navy , headquarters = Yarze, Lebanon , flying_hours = , websit ...

, the military of the Republic of Lebanon *

Library Association The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, since 2017 branded CILIP: The library and information association (pronounced ), is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the U ...

, now called the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals * Linux Australia *

Local authority Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-l ...

, 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