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PLA may refer to:
Organizations
- Pacific Locomotive Association, an association that operates the Niles Canyon Railway in California, US
- Pakistan Library Association
- Palestinian Liberation Army
- Party of Labour of Albania, the single political party of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1944–1991
- Pediatric Leadership Alliance, a leadership training program of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- People's Liberation Army (disambiguation)
- People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China
- People's Liberation Army, an early name of the Irish National Liberation Army
- People’s Liberation Army, the Progressive Socialist Party in Lebanon
- People's Liberation Army of Manipur
- Phone Losers of America, previously an American phreaking group that now hosts a podcast
- Playboy Enterprises, by stock symbol
- Port of London Authority
- Pre-school Learning Alliance, an educational charity and provider of childcare in England
- ProLife Alliance, a political party in the UK
- Public Library Association, a US professional association
Science and technology
- Principle of Least Astonishment, a concept in the study of human-computer interaction
- Participatory Learning and Action, an approach used in international development
- Prior Learning Assessment, in education
- Programmable Logic Array, a programmable device used to implement combinational logic circuits
- Proximity ligation assay, a biochemical method to detect protein interactions
- Polylactic acid, a biodegradable plastic derived from renewable resources
- Posterolateral artery of the heart
- Pyogenic liver abscess
- Omptin, an enzyme
People
- Cecilio Plá (1860–1934), Spanish painter
- Conrad Pla (born 1966), Canadian kickboxer and actor
- Enrique Pla y Deniel (1876–1968), Spanish Cardinal and Archbishop
- Jim Pla (born 1992), French racing driver
- Joan Baptista Pla (ca. 1720–1773), Spanish composer and oboist
- Josefina Pla (1903–1999), Spanish writer
- Josep Pla (composer) (ca. 1728–1762)
- Josep Pla (1897–1981), Spanish journalist
- Manuel Pla (ca. 1725–1766), Spanish composer
- Marylin Pla (born 1984), French skater
- Olivier Pla (born 1981), French racing driver
- Rodrigo Plá (born 1968), Mexican screenwriter
Other uses
- Project Labor Agreement, a type of collective bargaining agreement
- Product licensing application, an application to the Food and Drug Administration to get approval of a biologic product
- Port of the Americas, a megaport in Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Protected Landscape Area, one of the types of protected areas of Slovakia
- Protected Landscape Area, one of the types of protected areas of the Czech Republic
See also
- Pla (disambiguation)
- El Pla del Penedès, a municipality in the comarca of Alt Penedès, Spain
- El Pla de Santa Maria, a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Camp, Spain
- Phospholipase A1 (PLA1), an enzyme important in inflammatory processes
- Phospholipase A2 (PLA2), an enzyme important in inflammatory processes
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