Definitions for la

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

la(n.)

  1. the musical syllable used for the sixth tone in the ascending diatonic scale.

    Category: Music and Dance

Origin of la:

1350–1400; ME; see gamut

la*lɔ, lɑ(interj.)

  1. (used as an exclamation of surprise or emphasis).

    Category: Dialect

* Chiefly Dial..

Origin of la:

bef. 1150; ME, OE; weak var. of lo1

LA

  1. Louisiana.

    Category: Geography (places)

  2. light alcohol.

    Category: Viniculture/Winemaking

  3. low alcohol.

    Category: Viniculture/Winemaking

La*

  1. lanthanum.

    Category: Chemistry

* Chem. Symbol..

La.

  1. Louisiana.

    Category: Geography (places)

L.A.

  1. Latin America.

    Category: Geography (places)

  2. Library Association.

  3. Los Angeles.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. lanthanum, La, atomic number 57(noun)

    a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

  2. Louisiana, Pelican State, LA(noun)

    a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

  3. la, lah(noun)

    the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization

Webster Dictionary

  1. La(noun)

    a syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization

  2. La(noun)

    the tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians

  3. La(u)

    look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you

  4. La(u)

    an exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me; as, La me!


Translations for la

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

A(noun)

one of the notes in the musical scale.

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