La Definition

lä
noun
A syllable representing the sixth tone of the diatonic scale.
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Synonyms:
interjection
Oh; look.
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Used to express emphasis or indicate surprise.
American Heritage
abbreviation
Latin America.
American Heritage
Lamentations.
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Legislative Assembly.
American Heritage
Los Angeles.
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Louisiana.
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symbol
Lanthanum.
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adjective

Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).

Wiktionary
prefix
Used in African-American female given names.
Lakeisha.
Latoya.
LaTanya.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of La

Noun

Singular:
la
Plural:
las

Origin of La

  • Originally as the first syllable of Latin labii.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin gamut

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French la, Italian la.

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English lā.

    From Wiktionary

La Sentence Examples

  • She wrote a la diable, starting with some central thesis to set forth or some problem to investigate, but with no predetermined plot or plan of action.

  • For the next ten years she lived at Nohant, near La Chatre in Berri, the country house of her grandmother.

  • During this, her second period, George Sand allowed herself to be the mouthpiece of others - " un echo qui embellissait la voix," as Delatouche expressed it.

  • His marriage in March 1518 was arranged by the pope with Madeleine la Tour d'Auvergne, a royal princess of France, whose daughter was the Catherine de' Medici celebrated in French history.

  • In 1627 he commanded the large forces assembled at the siege of La Rochelle; and some years after in 1635, during the Thirty Years' War, he was general of the French army in Lorraine.

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