List of Acronyms and Initialisms: L - LA

LA

• l8r, g8r – (a) later, gator
• la – (s) Latin language (ISO 639-1 code)
• La – (s) Lanthanum
• LA
  • (s) Laos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
  • Louisiana (postal symbol)
  • (i) Los Angeles
• LAAS
  • (i) Local Area Augmentation System
  • Los Angeles Astronomical Society
• LAB – (a) Logistics Assault Base
• LabVIEW – (p) Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
• LACMA – (a/i) Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• LAD – (a) Laser Aiming Device
• LADW – (i) Local Air Defence Warning
• LAESI – (i) Local Authority & Emergency Service Information
• LAK – (s) Laotian kip (ISO 4217 currency code)
• LAMP – (multiple meanings)
• LAN – (a) Local Area Network
• LANL – (i) Los Alamos National Laboratory
• lao – (s) Lao language (ISO 639-2 code)
• LAO – (s) Laos (ISO 3166 trigram)
• LAPD – (i) Los Angeles Police Department
• LAR
  • (i) Light Armoured Reconnaissance
  • Logistics Assistance Representative
• LARC – (a) Livermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
• LARP – (a) Live-Action Role-Playing
• LAS – (s) McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas, Nevada)
• Laser – (a) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• lat – (s) Latin language (ISO 639-2 code)
• LAT
  • (i/a) Lowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts)
  • Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
• LATA – (i) Local Access Transport Area
• LATCH – (p) Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
• lav – (s) Latvian language (ISO 639-2 code)
• LAV
  • (a) Land Assault Vehicle
  • Light Armoured Vehicle
  • Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
• LAW – (a) Light Antitank Weapon
• LAX
  • (s) Los Angeles International Airport
  • (i) The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)