"MLA" meaning in All languages combined

See MLA on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} MLA
  1. (in the US) Initialism of Modern Language Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Modern Language Association
    Sense id: en-MLA-en-name-fS0FOdRF Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Occupations, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 6 11 30 Disambiguation of Occupations: 60 4 11 26 Disambiguation of Organizations: 69 2 8 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Noun [English]

Forms: MLAs [plural], M.L.A. [alternative], M. L. A. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MLA (plural MLAs)
  1. (British, Canada, India, politics) Initialism of member of the legislative assembly. Tags: British, Canada, India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: member of the legislative assembly
    Sense id: en-MLA-en-noun-XI9W5che Categories (other): British English, Canadian English, Indian English, Politics Topics: government, politics
  2. (in the US, art) Initialism of master of liberal arts. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: master of liberal arts
    Sense id: en-MLA-en-noun-UtbNV3~g Categories (other): American English, Art Topics: art, arts
  3. (architecture) Initialism of master of landscape architecture. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: master of landscape architecture Synonyms: M. Land. Arch.
    Sense id: en-MLA-en-noun-yqkLYU-4 Categories (other): Architecture, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 2 17 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 2 16 48 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: MPP [Canada], MHA [Canada], MNA [Canada], MP [Canada], senator [Canada]
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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