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TLA

TLA is the initialism of three-letter acronym/abbreviation.

TLA is the initialism of 3-letter agency.

TLA is the initialism of trilaurylamine.

TLA is the abbreviation of Tlaxcala.

Meaning of trilaurylamine

Noun

trilaurylamine (uncountable)

  1. An amine with three lauryl radicals, used primarily as an extractant.
    • Trilaurylamine extracts plutonium from HNO₃ solutions.1958, Reactor Fuel Processing, volume 1, page 12
    Synonyms:
    TLA

Meaning of Tlaxcala

Proper noun

Tlaxcala

  1. An indigenous Mesoamerican polity in what is now Mexico.
    • A more formidable enemy still was the little republic of Tlascala, lying midway between the Mexican Valley and the coast.1843, W. H. Prescott, The Conquest of Mexico, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1922, volume one, book II, chapter VI, page 80
  2. A province of New Spain.
    • Tlascala, a province of New Spain, in the audience of Mexico; bounded on the N by Panuco, on the E by the gulf of Mexico, on the S by Guaxica and the Pacific Ocean, and on the W by the audience of Mexico.1806, R. Brookes, Brooke’s General Gazetteer Improved; Or, a New and Compendious Geographical Dictionary, 1st American edition, Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, & Co.
  3. A state of Mexico.
  4. The capital city of the state of Tlaxcala.
    • Tlascala, a town of New Spain, capital of a province of the same name.1806, R. Brookes, Brooke’s General Gazetteer Improved; Or, a New and Compendious Geographical Dictionary, 1st American edition, Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, & Co.
    Synonyms:
    Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  5. Until 1903, a Roman Catholic diocese; now the archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.
    • The Biſhopricke of Tlaſcala, which by another name is called de los Angeles, between the Archbiſhopricke of Mexico, and the Biſhopricke of Guaxaca, if of 100. leagues, and more in length, from the Coaſt of the South to that of the North, and betwixt the confines of the Archbiſhopricke, and of...1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, volume 3, London: William Stansby, page 872
  6. A Roman Catholic diocese erected in 1959.

Forms of TLA

pluralTLAs

Questions about TLA

What is TLA the initialism of?
TLA is the initialism of three-letter acronym/abbreviation.

Words near TLA in the dictionary

  1. tl;dr'ing
  2. tl;dr's
  3. tl;drs
  4. tl;dw
  5. TL;NR
  6. TLA
  7. Tla-o-qui-aht
  8. TLAC
  9. Tlacaxipehualiztli
  10. tlachtli
  11. tlachtlis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: TLA (page history and authors); trilaurylamine (page history and authors); Tlaxcala (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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