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a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
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.
king
Noun
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A king is the male leader of a country and whose son will probably lead the country.
Following the death of James I, Charles I became King of England, in 1625
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A powerful or influential person.
Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
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One of the playing pieces in chess; it may move only once square per move in any direction, but cannot move into check (threat of attack).
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A playing card with the image of a king on it.