1. PLA - Noun
2. PLA - Proper noun
(business) Initialism of Port of London Authority.
(military) Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
Coordinate terms: PLAN, PLAAF, PLAGF
The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
Hyponyms: PLAN, PLAAF, PLAGF
Clipping of PLAGF. The national army of the People’s Republic of China.
Coordinate terms: PLAN, PLAAF
(historical, politics) Initialism of Palestine Liberation Army (“a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, no longer extant”).
(historical, trading) NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.
(fandom slang, video games) Initialism of Pokémon Legends Arceus.
(electronics, countable) Initialism of programmable logic array.
Coordinate term: PAL
(organic chemistry) Initialism of polylactic acid.
(aviation) Initialism of power lever angle (“angle of the pilot's primary control lever”).
(software engineering) Initialism of principle of least astonishment.
Pla (plural Plas)
A surname.
According to this document, "Chinese apparently were motivated to attack by one primary consideration — their determination to retain the ground on which PLA forces stood in 1962 and to punish the Indians for trying to take that ground". Source: Internet
A commercial composting system is required to compost this vegetable plastic (PLA). Source: Internet
A Chinese website stated that the PLAN is going to build a 110,000 ton aircraft carrier, essentially a larger version of the Liaoning. citation The PLA Navy plans to establish three aircraft carrier battle groups by 2020. Source: Internet
After a signing of a major arms deal with the ’s government has said the new will help the island achieve its goal of being able to destroy “half of any (Chinese) PLA invasion force by 2025”. Source: Internet
All PLAN headquarters are subordinate to the PLA General Staff Department and the Chairman of the Central Military Committee. Source: Internet
Banana leaves are often used as packaging for ready-made food or as steamer cups such as in ho mok pla, a spicy steamed pâté or soufflé made with fish and coconut milk. Source: Internet