La

Name-starting Spanish article

La is the chemical symbol for lanthanum, element 57, a soft silvery metal in the rare earth group.

Lanthanum is used in camera lenses, catalysts, and hybrid car batteries.

La also appears in names (La Toya, La Guardia) and the French/Spanish article. (Lowercase la is the musical note; LA is Los Angeles.)

placename

Mesa

Elevated flat terrain

LosAngeles

Hollywood

American film industry center

  • LakersLA basketball franchise
  • UCLAWestwood public university
  • MalibuAffluent coastal California city

Koreatown · Watts · Compton · Inglewood · freeway · smog · palm-trees

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la-la, tra-la

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G