PLA

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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