PLA

The acronym PLA may mean:

Organizations and groups

• People's Liberation Army (disambiguation)
  • People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China
  • People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Lebanon (Arabic: Jayish al-Tahrir al-Sha’aby) or Armée de Libération Populaire (ALP) in French was/is the militia of the Druze Progressive Socialist Party.
• Palestinian Liberation Army
• An early name of the Irish National Liberation Army
• Phone Losers of America, the computer and telephone hacking group
• Port of London Authority
• Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association
• Pre-school learning alliance, a charitable organisation formed by a number of playschools/groups in the UK
• Party of Labour of Albania, the political party of the one party People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1944-1991

Sciences

• Phospholipase A, an enzyme important in inflammatory processes
• 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 the field of education and articulation
• Programmable Logic Array, a programmable device used to implement combinational logic circuits
• Polylactic acid, a biopolymer made from natural sugar sources, which can be used as a substitute for petroleum-based polymers

Administrative

• Project Labor Agreement, a type of pre-hire collective bargaining agreement that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project.
• Protected Landscape Area, a type of protected areas in Slovakia and the Czech Republic
• Product licensing application, an application to the Food and Drug Administration to get approval of a biologic product
• Port of the Americas, a mega port in Ponce, PR

Other meanings

PLA may also mean:

• Pamela Anderson, a Canadian actress, sex symbol and glamour model.
• The Playboy Enterprises stock symbol
• The ProLife Alliance, a minor political party in the United Kingdom
• Peace, Love and Anarchy
• Podvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya, the Russian designation for a nuclear-propelled attack submarine (Western equivalent: SSN)
• Title of song by Robert Wyatt
• Professional Landscape Architect- a landscape architect who is licensed or registered in a certain state may use the PLA acronym after their name in business communications.

Surname

Pla is also a surname, and can refer to:

• Conrad Pla, Canadian kickboxer and actor
• Enrique Pla y Deniel, Spanish Cardinal and Archbishop
• Jim Pla, French racing driver
• Joan Baptista Pla, Spanish composer
• Josefina Pla, Spanish writer
• Josep Pla, Spanish journalist
• Marylin Pla, French skater
• Olivier Pla, French racing driver
• Rodrigo Plá, Mexican screenwriter