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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
Synonyms:
la; lah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("la" is a kind of...):
solfa syllable (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Synonyms:
LA; La.; Louisiana; Pelican State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "LA"):
Red; Red River (a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana)
Ouachita; Ouachita River (a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River)
Shreveport (a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border)
New Orleans (a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year)
Morgan City (a town in southeast Louisiana to the south of Baton Rouge)
Monroe (a town in north central Louisiana)
Lafayette (a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians)
Baton Rouge; capital of Louisiana (capital of Louisiana)
Alexandria (a town in Louisiana on the Red River)
Holonyms ("LA" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Gulf States (a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas)
South (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)
Deep South (the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery)
Holonyms ("LA" is a member of...):
Confederacy; Confederate States; Confederate States of America; Dixie; Dixieland; South (the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
Synonyms:
atomic number 57; La; lanthanum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("La" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Context examples:
“Hola! there is la petite peeping from behind the door. A toi, aussi, ma petite! Mon Dieu! but the lass has a good color!”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Oh, la! there is nothing in THAT.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
"C'est la ma gouverante!" said she, pointing to me, and addressing her nurse; who answered—Mais oui, certainement.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
La! You are so strange!
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
After tea we had the guitar; and Dora sang those same dear old French songs about the impossibility of ever on any account leaving off dancing, La ra la, La ra la, until I felt a much greater Monster than before.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In France the young girls have a dull time of it till they are married, when 'Vive la liberte!' becomes their motto.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“How now, Don Martin de la Carra?” he cried.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
La! if you have not got your spotted muslin on!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
"Vos doigts tremblent comme la feuille, et vos joues sont rouges: mais, rouges comme des cerises!"
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
All I know of the rest of the evening is, that I heard the empress of my heart sing enchanted ballads in the French language, generally to the effect that, whatever was the matter, we ought always to dance, Ta ra la, Ta ra la! accompanying herself on a glorified instrument, resembling a guitar.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
