PLA commonly refers to the People's Liberation Army, the principal military force of the Chinese Communist Party.

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

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  • Port of London Authority, England
  • Pre-school Learning Alliance, England
  • Public Library Association, a US professional association

Science and technology

  • Polylactic acid, a biodegradable polymer used as 3D printing filament
  • 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
  • Phospholipase A
  • Phospholipase A1 (PLA1)
  • Phospholipase A2 (PLA2)

Other uses

  • Postal code for Paola, Malta
  • Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a 2022 action role-playing game developed for the Nintendo Switch
  • 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

See also

  • Pla (disambiguation)