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la

Syllabification: (la)
Pronunciation: /lä/

(British also lah)
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Definition of la

noun

Music
  • (in solmization) the sixth note of a major scale.
  • the note A in the fixed-do system.

Origin:

Middle English: representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of Latin labii, taken from a Latin hymn (see solmization)

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Definition of la in the British & World English dictionary