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la (1)

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la1 /lɑː / (also lah)
▸ noun
1 Music (in tonic sol-fa) the sixth note of a major scale.
▪ the note A in the fixed-doh system.
2 a wordless syllable sung in the refrain of a song or as a replacement for the lyrics:
they all join in with the la-la-las
a girl absent-mindedly sings ‘la la la’ over a gorgeous French disco-pop backing.
– ORIGIN Middle English: representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of Latin labii, taken from a Latin hymn (see solmization).