LekhoriLekhoriInitialism of left atrium.
A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
And now Mrs Waters (for we must confess she was in the same bed), being, I suppose, awakened from her sleep, and seeing two men fighting in her bedchamber, began to scream in the most violent manner, crying out murder! robbery! and more frequently rape! which last, some, perhaps, may wonder she should mention, who do not consider that these words of exclamation are used by ladies in a fright, as fa, la, la, ra, da, &c., are in music, only as the vehicles of sound, and without any fixed ideas.
lad, kid
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.
Initialism of Las Anod: a city in Somalia.
Represents the sound of music or singing.
"La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.
Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).
Following lukewarm on the heels of an article a few weeks ago, where (I paraphrase due to having filed the relevant copy in the recycling bin) Victoria Beckham made a "well-meaning" remark that the other Spice Girls might want to lose a few pounds, we now have a new incidence of La Beckham's scintillating and entirely well-meaning humour.
Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.
Sleep la!
Used to tone down comments.
From Middle English la, from Old English lā. More at lo.
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Initialism of Linear A.
ok la
Alternative form of lah.