Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

LA Abbreviation

— Louisiana, a state of the United States of America. I live in Baton Rouge, LA. — Lao People's Democratic Republic, a member state of the United Nations. — Lampung, a province of Indonesia.

LA Initialism

— Los Angeles, a city in the state of California in the United States. We went to LA for the summer. — Lead arsenate, a pesticide introduced in the United States in 1892, mostly replaced by DDT in the late 1940s, and banned in 1988.

hotel Noun

— A hotel is a place where people pay to stay in a room overnight, usually for only a few days. We fly to Taipei and stay at the Hilton hotel for three days and two nights.

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

resort Noun

— Buildings in a scenic area where people can go on vacation or to relax; resorts are like hotels that provide extra entertainment to their guests. Dan and Sarah went to an expensive resort in Jamaica for their honeymoon.

resort Verb

— To choose to do something you don't want to do because you have no other choice. All my friends were too busy to help me move so I had to resort to calling a moving company and it cost me $100 dollars an hour! — To sort something again. I just sorted these files last week and didn't think I'd have to do it again for awhile, but I had to resort them this morning.