la

Noun
  1. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily;
    Occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth (synset 114667296)
    is a type 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.
    same as: atomic number 57, lanthanum
  2. A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico;
    One of the Confederate states during the American Civil War (synset 109113391)
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    belongs to: confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
    has:
    • alexandria - a town in Louisiana on the Red River
    • baton rouge, capital of louisiana - capital of Louisiana
    • lafayette - a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians
    • monroe - a town in north central Louisiana
    • morgan city - a town in southeast Louisiana to the south of Baton Rouge
    • 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
    • shreveport - a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
    • ouachita, ouachita river - a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River
    • red, red river - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
    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
    same as: la., louisiana, pelican state
  3. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization (synset 106882036)
    is a type of: solfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization
    same as: lah

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