LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
Musical groups The La's, an English rock band Lady A, an American country music trio
Musicians L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer Yung L.A., a rapper La the Darkman (born 1979), stage name of American a musician and emcee Lason Jackson
Albums L.A. (EP), by Teddy Thompson L.A. (Light Album), a Beach Boys album La, a Les Gordon album
Songs "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on Figure 8 (album) "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 "LA" (Kelsea Ballerini song), 2020 "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River
Literature l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) Lá, later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper Liber Annuus, academic journal
Other media La7, an Italian television channel L.A. Screenings, a television market LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher
Politics and government Liberal Alliance (Denmark), a Danish liberal party Lebanese Army, the military of the Republic of Lebanon Local authority, a unit of government in the United Kingdom London Assembly Legislative assistant, a rôle on a legislator's staff
Education Language arts, an educational subject Lawrence Academy at Groton, an American boarding school Lee Academy (Maine) Library Association, now called the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals 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 form of the definite article in many Romance languages
People
La David Johnson (1992–2017), United States Army Sergeant LaBradford Smith (born 1969), American basketball player Lasse Andersson, (born 1994), Danish handballer
Places
Europe Lower Austria (abbreviation: LA), a federal state in Austria 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 Alamos, New Mexico 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, its top-level domain La district, in Oudomxay Province, Laos Ladakh, a union territory of India (ISO 3166-2 code) Las Anod, a city in Khatumo and Somalia Latin America La, Ghana, a town in La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, Greater Accra Region
Science, technology, and mathematics
Biology, biochemistry, and medicine 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 Ludwig's angina, a type of bacterial infection that occurs in the floor of the mouth, under the tongue
Computing Load average, a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs LoongArch, a RISC instruction set architecture Linux Australia
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
Vessels of the United States Navy Los Angeles-class submarine, a boat class
Other uses Landscape architecture, the design of outdoor structures LATAM Chile, formerly LAN Airlines (IATA code) Lavochkin, a Russian aerospace design bureau Lubuk Alung railway station, West Sumatra, Indonesia
See also La La (disambiguation) Los Angeles (disambiguation)