see|Appendix:Variations of "la"
English

abbreviation
LA

1. Louisiana, a state of the United States of America.

initialism
LA

1. Los Angeles (US city)
2. lead arsenate, a pesticide introduced in the US in 1892, largely replaced by DDT in the late 1940's, and ultimately banned in 1988.

Trivia
This is the most abbreviated form of any English word, from the orginial full title of the City of Los Angeles: �El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los �ngeles de Porciúncula�

Category:US States

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• 2007-12-22 01:48 - Doug Hockin - /* {{abbreviation}} */ Separate into abbreviation and initialism

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