Laba
Syllables: la·ba
Laba is the ellipsis of Laba Festival.
Meaning of Laba Festival
Proper noun
the Laba Festival
- A moveable Chinese festival day occurring between December 30th and January 28th on the Gregorian calendar, historically variously associated with propitiatory end-of-year sacrifices, ancestral veneration, and the Enlightenment of the Buddha, now chiefly observed by the consumption of Laba porridge.
- The Laba congee is generally eaten on the eighth day of the 12th month in the lunar calendar as part of the Laba Festival. Like Buddha’s delight, it has become a food item that can be eaten at any time of the year.2019 April 5, Novella Lui, “Is it vegan? 7 Chinese dishes that are completely plant-based”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 May 2022, Style / Leisure
Proper noun
Laba (plural Labas)
- A surname from Polish.
Noun capitalized: LABA
LABA (plural LABAs)
- Initialism of long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, a drug class used in the treatment of respiratory diseases.
Forms of Laba
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Labas |
| Noun | |
| plural | LABAs |
Origin of Laba
From Laba Festival, a partial calque of the Mandarin form of Chinese 臘八節 /腊八节 (Làbājié), q.v.
From Polish Łaba.
Words formed from Laba
Phrases with Laba
Questions about Laba
- What does Laba mean?
- Laba means a surname from Polish.
- What is Laba the ellipsis of?
- Laba is the ellipsis of Laba Festival.
- What part of speech is Laba?
- Laba can be a proper noun or a noun.
Words near Laba in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Laba (page history and authors); LABA (page history and authors); Laba Festival (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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