la

exclamation3

1. •
   Represents the sound of music or singing.

   • "La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.
2. •
   (no longer used) Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
3. •
   (no longer used) Expressing surprise, anger. etc.

   • “Oh, la! here come the Richardsons. I had a vast deal more to say to you, but I must not stay away from them any longer.” — 1811

noun6

1. •
   A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
2. •
   Sixth tone of the diatonic scale.
3. •
   Sometimes syllable for both the third and the sixth.
4. •
   lad, kid
5. •
   Abbreviation of lane (in street addresses).
6. •
   Abbreviation of lane

particle2

1. •
   (Hong-Kong, informal) Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.

   • Sleep la!
   • Eat shit la you!
2. •
   (Hong-Kong, informal) Used to tone down comments.

adjective1

1. •
   Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).

   • By judicious leaking, he also managed to make la Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory. — 2010

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of lane

noun10

1. •
   Initialism of Los Angeles: a city in California, United States.

   • LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle. — 1957
2. •
   Abbreviation of Louisiana: a state of the United States.
3. •
   Initialism of local authority.
4. •
   Initialism of local anesthetic.
5. •
   Initialism of left atrium.
6. •
   Initialism of lead arsenate.
7. •
   Initialism of lateral area.
8. •
   Abbreviation of Ladakh: a union territory of India.
9. •
   Abbreviation of Lampung: a province of Indonesia.
10. •
    Initialism of Las Anod: a city in Somalia.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of Louisiana: a state of the United States.