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LA
Abbreviation
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Louisiana, a state of the United States of America.
I live in Baton Rouge, LA.
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Lao People's Democratic Republic, a member state of the United Nations.
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Lampung, a province of Indonesia.
LA
Initialism
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Los Angeles, a city in the state of California in the United States.
We went to LA for the summer.
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Lead arsenate, a pesticide introduced in the United States in 1892, mostly replaced by DDT in the late 1940s, and banned in 1988.
civil
Adjective
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About the citizens of a country, especially as opposed to the government, army, police, religion, etc.
One of the most important civil rights is freedom of speech.
In the Civil War, the Red Army had blocked off the northern part of the Ukraine from the hungry south.
The state is connected to civil society through aspects other than its role in administration
The government had run out of money to pay civil servants.
This comes under civil, rather than criminal, law.
The bridge would be one of the largest civil engineering projects in the country.
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If someone is civil, they are polite but not friendly.
Mum had been civil to me since the fight but something had gone between us.
liberty
Noun
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Liberty is the state of being free from someone else's control, not a slave or a prisoner.
John isn't in prison anymore; he has regained his liberty.
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If someone has a lot of liberty, then they are free to do what they want.
The chief editor gives Jane the liberty to write what she wants in her magazine column.
committee
Noun
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A group of people that come together to do something or decide something.
He is on the administrative committee. They decide how to administer the school.