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# la

«la» in Mova's school dictionary: **The sixth note in the do-re-mi singing scale (do, re, mi…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (la — music note); also abbreviation LA; also short sound

### meaning for a pupil

1) The sixth note in the do-re-mi singing scale (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), also written "lah". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#m1)

2) LA: Los Angeles, a big city in California, USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#m2)

3) A sound people sing when they do not know or do not use the words (la la la). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#m3)

4) Also the word "the" in French and Spanish, seen in names like "La Paz". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons pupils sing do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. In everyday talk, "LA" is the city. "La la la" is humming or singing without words, sometimes said to show you are not listening. Phrases: la la la, la-la land (dreaming, not paying attention).

### examples

- Sing the scale: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#x1)
- La is the sixth note of the scale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#x2)
- My cousin lives in LA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#x3)
- She sang "la la la" because she forgot the words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#x4)
- "La la la, I can't hear you!" he joked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#x5)
- He's off in la-la land again (informal: daydreaming). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/#x6)

### note

In the scale it is also spelled "lah" (UK). LA (the city) is written in capitals. "La" in names like "La Paz" or "Los Angeles" comes from Spanish and means "the". Not a normal English word on its own.

### In the corpora

- [«Shu-ya-las, ya maru» means «Sky-water ending.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/10/)
- [In France the weekend is le week-end, with a hyphen; in Quebec people often say la fin de semaine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/10-days-of-the-week-and-months/16/)
- [Il neige means "It's snowing"; la neige is snow and un bonhomme de neige is a snowman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/13-weather-and-seasons/9/)
- [la tête ("TET") is the head; the ê sounds like "eh".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/16-the-body/5/)
- [la bouche ("BOOSH") is the mouth and is feminine: ma bouche, even for a boy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/16-the-body/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «la» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/la/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.