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La-

La- prefix: used in African-American female given names.

Prefix

La-

  1. (US, feminine, African-American Vernacular) Used in African-American female given names.
    • La- + Keisha → Lakeisha
    • La- + Toya → Latoya

Questions about La-

What does La- mean?
La- means used in African-American female given names.
What part of speech is La-?
La- is a prefix.

Words near La- in the dictionary

  1. La Villette
  2. La Vina
  3. La Virgen Milagrosa
  4. la'ship
  5. la'ships
  6. La-
  7. la-de-da
  8. la-di-da
  9. la-la
  10. la-la land
  11. la-la-ed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: La- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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