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loas

loas is the plural of loa.

Meaning of loa

Noun

loa (plural loas or loa)

  1. In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
    • Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location.1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 36

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Noun capitalized: LOAs

LOAs

  1. (plural) plural of LOA

Proper noun capitalized: Loas

Loas

  1. (plural) plural of Loa

Questions about loas

What is loas the plural of?
Loas is the plural of loa.
What part of speech is loas?
Loas can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near loas in the dictionary

  1. loanwords
  2. loanworthy
  3. Loar
  4. Loarki
  5. Loars
  6. loas
  7. loasa
  8. loasaceous
  9. loasas
  10. loasis
  11. loath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loas (page history and authors); LOAs (page history and authors); Loas (page history and authors); loa (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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