Lassa

See also: lassa, lássa, lassà, and lassâ

English

Proper noun

Lassa

1. Archaic form of Lhasa.
2. Acronym of Latin American Society of South Australia.
3. A town in Borno state, Nigeria.
   • 2013, Arin Bhattacharya, A Review on Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, page 8:

     It was first described in the town of Lassa, Nigeria in 1969.

   • 2017, Carl Hoffmann, A Grammar of the Margi Language:

     Luka. The Gospel According to St. Luke in Margi. Prepared by The Church of the Brethren Mission. Lassa, Nigeria.

   • 2010, Stephen Berger, Lassa fever:

     Lassa fever was first described in an American nurse working at Lassa, Nigeria.

4. A city in the Kara Region of Togo
   • 1964, Thomas John Larson, A Preliminary Survey of the Cabrai of Lama-Kara Circonscription, Togo, page 65:

     Other Catholic elemntary schools are at Lassa and a few other places .

   • 1972, Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa - Issues 1196-1203, page 62:

     At Lassa, the president witnessed the unanimous selection of Chief Adre Walla who replaces the deceased Asoumaro Walla

   • 2009, Anne Rooney, The Story of Medicine:

     Here to help? Two witch doctors in Lassa, Togo

Derived terms

• Lassa fever
• Lassa virus

 

Anagrams

• salsa, salas, Salas

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Lhasa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.sɐ/

Proper noun

Lassa f

1. Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)