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PLA

PLA proper noun: the national armed forces of the People's Republic of China. Also the initialism of Port of London Authority.

Proper noun (1)

PLA

  1. The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
  2. (historical) NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pla

Pla (plural Plas)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

PLA is also the initialism of Port of London Authority.

PLA is also the initialism of People's Liberation Army.

PLA is also the clipping of PLAGF.

PLA is also the initialism of Palestine Liberation Army.

PLA is also the initialism of Pokémon Legends.

PLA is also the initialism of ProLife Alliance.

Synonyms of PLA

  • payload attach
  • payload attachment
  • payload adaptor
  • payload adapter

Forms of PLA

Noun
pluralPLAs
Proper noun
pluralPlas

Origin of PLA

Abbreviation.

Phrases with PLA

Questions about PLA

What does PLA mean?
PLA means the national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
What part of speech is PLA?
PLA is a proper noun.

Words near PLA in the dictionary

  1. PKZILLAs
  2. pl
  3. pl.
  4. PL/SQL
  5. pl0x
  6. PLA
  7. pla ra
  8. PLA2
  9. PLAAF
  10. plaas
  11. plaases

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: PLA (page history and authors); Pla (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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