Lea or LEA may refer to:

Places

Australia

Lea River The River Lea is a steep continuous river located in the north-western region of Tasmania, Australia. The river has an average gradient of and a peak grade of that flows from Lake Lea to Lake Gairdner (Tasmania), Lake Gairdner. The river fl ...

, Tasmania, Australia * Lake Lea, Tasmania, from which the

flows *

RAAF Base Learmonth RAAF Base Learmonth, also known as Learmonth Airport , is a joint use Royal Australian Air Force base and airport, civil airport. It is located near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia, Exmouth on the north-west coast of Western Australia. R ...

, IATA airport code "LEA"

England

* Lea, Cheshire, a civil parish * Lea, Derbyshire, a settlement in the civil parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway * Lea, Devon, a

location In geography, location or place is used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous bou ...

* Lea, Herefordshire, a village and civil parish * Lea, Lancashire, a village * Lea, Lincolnshire, a small village and civil parish * Lea, Lydham, a

in Shropshire * Lea, Pontesbury, a

in Shropshire * Lea, Wiltshire, a village *

River Lea The River Lea ( ) is in the East of England and Greater London. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through Hertfordshire, along the Essex border and into Greater London, to meet the River Thames at Bow Cr ...

, a tributary of the Thames ** Lea Bridge, Greater London, the area around the bridge over the River Lea

Elsewhere

* Lea, a river in

Biscay Biscay ( ; ; ), is a province of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the Bay of Biscay, eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilb ...

, Basque Country, Spain *

Lea County, New Mexico Lea County (, ) is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, its population was 74,455. Its county seat is Lovington. It is both west and north of the Texas state line. Lea County comprises the Hobbs, NM micro ...

, United States

People and fictional characters

Lea (given name) Lea is a feminine given name. In French, the name Léa is from the biblical name Leah. In Spanish, the same name is Lía, and in Italian, Lia. In English, it is a name for the word 'lea', pronounced iː meaning pasture or meadow. Notable peopl ...

, a list of people and fictional characters * Lea (surname), a list of people * Helena Nordheim (1903–1943), Dutch Olympic champion gymnast nicknamed "Lea" *

Lea (musician) Lea-Marie Becker (born 9 July 1992), known professionally as Lea (stylized as LEA), is a German singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Life and career Lea is the daughter of a music therapist. When she was 15, she began releasing videos on YouTub ...

(stylized as LEA), stage name of German singer-songwriter and keyboardist Lea-Marie Becker (born 1992)

Arts and entertainment

Liberian Entertainment Awards The Liberian Entertainment Awards (commonly referred to as The LEA or simply LEA) is an annual awards show, recognizing Liberians at home and in the diaspora for their outstanding contributions to the Liberian entertainment industry. The annual c ...

(LEA), an annual Liberian music awards show * ''Léa'' (film), a 2011 French film * ''Lea'' (album), a 1988 studio album by

Lea Salonga Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, ( ; born February 22, 1971) is a Filipino singer and actress. Known primarily for her work in theatre, she has starred in musicals on Broadway and in the West End. Her accolades include a Tony Award and a L ...

* ''Lea'' (film), a 1997 Czech drama directed by Ivan Fíla * "Lea", a song from the 1986 album ''

Fahrenheit The Fahrenheit scale () is a scale of temperature, temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the German-Polish physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit. Several accou ...

'' by Toto

Education

Lea College Lea College was a private liberal arts college that operated from 1966 to 1973 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States. Lea was one of several Midwestern colleges established by local civic leaders with the support and encouragement of Parsons Coll ...

, Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States, a private liberal arts college from 1966 to 1973 *

Local education authority Local education authorities (LEAs) were defined in England and Wales as the local councils responsible for education within their jurisdictions. The term was introduced by the Education Act 1902, which transferred education powers from school bo ...

, a public body in the United Kingdom

Government and politics

Labour Electoral Association {{Short description, Political motive of the Labour Electoral Association The Labour Electoral Association was a political organisation in the United Kingdom which aimed to get working men elected to Parliament. Foundation The issue of political re ...

, British Liberal-Labour organisation *

Law enforcement agency A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for law enforcement within a specific jurisdiction through the employment and deployment of law enforcement officers and their resources. The most common type of law enforcement ...

, or law enforcement authority, in North America *

Local electoral area A local electoral area (LEA; ) is an electoral area for elections to Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authorities in Ireland. All elections in the Republic of Ireland, elections use the single transferable vote. Republic of Ir ...

, a district for local elections in Ireland

Military

* Operation Léa, a French Union operation during the First Indochina War * USS ''Lea'' (DD-118), a destroyer that served during both world wars

Technology

* Late embryogenesis abundant proteins (LEA proteins), proteins that protect against protein aggregation due to dehydration or osmotic stress * LEA (cipher), a lightweight block cipher * Load effective address, a computer instruction *

Length extension attack In cryptography and computer security, a length extension attack is a type of attack where an attacker can use Hash(''message1'') and the length of ''message1'' to calculate Hash(''message1'' ‖ ''message2'') for an attacker-controlled ''message ...

, a cryptographic attack * LEA, a General Motors car engine; see

GM Ecotec engine The GM Ecotec engine, also known by its codename L850, is a family of inline-four engines, displacing between 1.2 and 2.5 litres. Confusingly, the ''Ecotec'' name was also applied to both the Buick V6 engine, Buick V6 Engine when used in Holden Veh ...

* LEA, a Honda car engine; see

Honda L engine The L-series is a compact inline-four engine created by Honda, introduced in 2001 with the Honda Fit. It has , and displacement variants, which utilize the names L12A, L13A and L15A. Depending on the region, these engines are sold throughout t ...

Codes and symbols

* LEA, Lear Corporation New York Stock Exchange symbol * lea, ISO 639-3 code of Shabunda

Lega language Lega is a Bantu language, or dialect cluster, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are two major varieties, Shabunda Lega, Mwenga Lega. Mwenga Lega, with about 10% of speakers, finds Shabunda difficult to understand. Variant spellin ...

of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * LEA, Leagrave railway station's United Kingdom station code

Other uses

* Lea baronets, a title in the baronetage of the United Kingdom * ''Lea'' (katydid), a genus of katydid * LEA proteins (Late Embryogenesis Abundant proteins) *

Lea test The LEA Vision Test System is a series of pediatric vision tests designed specifically for children who do not know how to read the letters of the alphabet that are typically used in eye charts. There are numerous variants of the LEA test which c ...

or LEA Vision Test System, a series of pediatric vision tests *

Lea (unit) The lea or lay was a English units, British unit of length. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' describes it as a Measurement, measure "of varying quantity". It cites quotations from within various areas of the textile industry, which define it as "8 ...

, a former British unit of length * ''Lea'' (magazine), a German weekly women's magazine