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PLA primarily refers to

• People's Liberation Army, the principal military force of China.
• Polylactic acid, a biodegradable polymer

PLA may also refer to:

Organizations

Politics and military

• Party of Labour of Albania, ruling party of Albania from 1945 to 1991
• People's Liberation Army (disambiguation)
  • Irish National Liberation Army, formerly called the People's Liberation Army
  • People's Liberation Army (Lebanon)
  • People's Liberation Army of Manipur, India
• Palestine Liberation Army, the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization
• ProLife Alliance, a former UK political party

Other organizations

• Pacific Locomotive Association, operator of the Niles Canyon Railway in California, US
• Pakistan Library Association
• Pediatric Leadership Alliance, of the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Phone Losers of America, a US phone phreaking group
• Port of London Authority, England
• Pre-school Learning Alliance, England
• Public Library Association, a US professional association

Science and technology

• Principle of least astonishment, a principle in software design
• Programmable logic array, a semiconductor device
• Proximity ligation assay, to detect proteins
• Protected landscape areas, areas with natural, ecological or cultural values

Other uses

• Prior learning assessment, in education
• Project Labor Agreement, a collective bargaining agreement
• Pulau Aie railway station in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia (station code)
• Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas, a megaport in Puerto Rico
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a 2022 action role-playing game developed for the Nintendo Switch

See also

• Pla (disambiguation)
• Phospholipase A1 (PLA1)
• Phospholipase A2 (PLA2)

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