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Organizations


Politics and military

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People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the China, People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five Military branch, service branches: the People's ...
, the armed forces of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party *
People's Liberation Army (disambiguation) The People's Liberation Army is the armed forces of the People's Republic of China. It may also refer to: Africa * Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) is the people’s army of Ambazonia, former British Southern Cameroons fighting a self defense camp ...
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Irish National Liberation Army The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA, ga, Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 10 December 1974, during the 30-year period of conflict known as " the Troubles". The group se ...
, formerly called the People's Liberation Army **
People's Liberation Army (Lebanon) The People's Liberation Army – PLA (Arabic: جيش التحرير الشعبي , ''Jayish al-Tahrir al-Sha'aby'') or Armée de Libération Populaire (ALP) in French, also known as the Forces of the Martyr Kamal Jumblatt (Arabic: قوات ال ...
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People's Liberation Army of Manipur The People's Liberation Army of Manipur, often shortened to just People's Liberation Army (PLA-MP or PLAM), founded by N. Bisheshwar Singh on 25 September 1978, is a separatist armed terrorist group fighting for a separate independent socialist ...
, India *
Palestine Liberation Army The Palestine Liberation Army (PLA, ar, جيش التحرير الفلسطيني, ''Jaysh at-Tahrir al-Filastini'') is ostensibly the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), set up at the 1964 Arab League summit held in A ...
, the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization *
ProLife Alliance ProLife Alliance (PLA) or simply ProLife, was an Anti-abortion movement, anti-abortion, single issue party, single-issue political party that was active in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2004. Since that time it has continued as an advocacy group ...
, a former UK political party


Other organizations

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Pacific Locomotive Association The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. (PLA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960. The Pacific Locomotive Association ...
, operator of the Niles Canyon Railway in California, US *
Pakistan Library Association The Pakistan Library Association (PLA) is a representative national body of librarians in Pakistan. It was formed in Karachi in March 1957. It is responsible for looking after the interests of the professional librarians who work for the developm ...
* Pediatric Leadership Alliance, of the American Academy of Pediatrics *
Phone Losers of America The Phone Losers of America (PLA) is an internet prank call community founded in 1994 as a phone phreaking and hacking e-zine. Today the PLA hosts the popular prank call podcast the ''Snow Plow Show'' which it has hosted since 2012. History ...
, a US phone phreaking group *
Port of London Authority The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established on 31 March 1909 in accordance with the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London. Its responsibility extends over the Tideway of the River Thames and its ...
, England * Pre-school Learning Alliance, England *
Public Library Association The Public Library Association (PLA) is a division of the American Library Association, is a professional association of public librarians and supporters dedicated to the "development and effectiveness of public library staff and public library se ...
, a US professional association


Science and technology

* Principle of least astonishment, a principle in software design * Programmable logic array, a semiconductor device * Proximity ligation assay, to detect proteins *
Polylactic acid Polylactic acid, also known as poly(lactic acid) or polylactide (PLA), is a thermoplastic polyester with backbone formula or , formally obtained by condensation of lactic acid with loss of water (hence its name). It can also be prepared by ri ...
, a biodegradable plastic, commonly used in 3D printing * Protected landscape areas, areas with natural, ecological or cultural values


Other uses

* Prior learning assessment, in education * Project Labor Agreement, a collective bargaining agreement * Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas, a megaport in Puerto Rico * '' Pokémon Legends: Arceus'', a 2022 action role-playing game developed for the Nintendo Switch


See also

* Pla (disambiguation) *
Phospholipase A1 Phospholipase A1 (EC 3.1.1.32; systematic name: phosphatidylcholine 1-acylhydrolase) encoded by the PLA1A gene is a phospholipase enzyme which removes the 1-acyl group: :phosphatidylcholine + H2O = 2-acylglycerophosphocholine + a carboxylate It ...
(PLA1) *
Phospholipase A2 The enzyme phospholipase A2 (EC 3.1.1.4, PLA2, systematic name phosphatidylcholine 2-acylhydrolase) catalyse the cleavage of fatty acids in position 2 of phospholipids, hydrolyzing the bond between the second fatty acid “tail” and the glyc ...
(PLA2) {{Disambiguation