L

The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called lo and written in the Latin script.

La Paz (the capital city of Bolivia)

Valletta (the capital city of Malta)

The Valley (a town, the capital city of Anguilla)

Labrador (a geographic region, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in eastern Canada)

Lacerta (constellation)

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Laertes

/ˈlakta ˈvojo/

Lancashire (a county of England)

Lanko

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)

Laoso

Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Latinameriko

/latinameˈriko/

Latin America (a continental region consisting of those parts of the Americas located south of the United States where Spanish or Portuguese is predominantly spoken; sometimes including areas speaking French or French-based creoles)

Latin (the Latin language)

Latio

Latium (a historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire)
Lazio (an administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital)

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

l

The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called lo and written in the Latin script.

la plejparto de

labio

labiodentalo

/labiodenˈtalo/

labiodental (a speech sound articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth)

labyrinth (of ear)
labyrinth, maze
warren

to work, labor, toil

laboratorio

/laboratoˈrio/

workplace, workshop

having an inclination to work

Inclined to work hard, a hard worker

laborestrino

/laboresˈtrino/

tool (specifically one that is used for work)

laboristaro

/laborisˈtaro/

laboristino

/laborisˈtino/

female worker, female laborer (US), female labourer (UK, Can.)

worker, laborer (US), labourer (UK, Can.)

labormerkato

/labormerˈkato/

labornekapablo

/labornekaˈpablo/

Temporary or permanent inability to work normally.

working day, weekday

labourer, worker

clothing work at work, e.g. workwear or work uniform

laca

lace

/laˈt͡set͡so/

tiredness, weariness

exhausted, very tired

lacho

H-system spelling of laĉo

H-system spelling of laĉoj

H-system spelling of laĉojn

H-system spelling of laĉon

laci

tiring, tedious, causing fatigue

to tire, wear out

/laˈt͡sid͡ʒi/

laco

fatigue, tiredness

lacxo

X-system spelling of laĉo

X-system spelling of laĉoj

X-system spelling of laĉojn

X-system spelling of laĉon

lado

can (US), tin (UK)

lafo

lafofluaĵo

/lafofluˈaʒo/

lava flow (flow of molten lava from an erupting volcano)

lago

lagro

bearing (mechanical)

lahar (volcanic mudflow)

laika

laiko

layman, non-specialist

lakeo

lackey, manservant

lako

licorice, liquorice (confection)

laxative (medicine or food that stimulates evacuation of the bowels)

lakso

lakta

lakta acido

/ˈlakta aˈt͡sido/

/laktaˈt͡sido/

lakto

laktoglando

/laktoˈɡlando/

laktosukero

/laktosuˈkero/

latex (milky sap)

laktovendejo

/laktovenˈdejo/

lactose (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products)

lalai

To imitate an infant's first attempts at speech.

lama

lame (unable to walk properly)

lamao

lame

lamencetaco

/lament͡seˈtat͡so/

baleen whale (whale of the Mysticeti parvorder)

lami

lamo

lampo

lanco

/lant͡soˈʒeto/

map (of an area, e.g. country)

alternative form of landokodo

border (the line or frontier area separating regions)

lando

country, land, nation

lango

langrompilo

/lanɡromˈpilo/

lano

lanta

lante

of or related to lanterns

down
fluff

to launch (all senses)

/lanˈt͡ʃulo/

hook-and-loop fastener (such as, or a.k.a., Velcro)

lunar caustic, solid silver nitrate

lapo

lardo

H-system spelling of larĝa

H-system spelling of larĝe

X-system spelling of larĝa

X-system spelling of larĝe

larma

larme

larmi

to shed tears, weep

larmo

tear (a drop of liquid produced by the eye(s))

larvo

big
broad, wide

/lard͡ʒaˈnima/

open-minded, broad-minded

lasera presilo

/laˈsera preˈsilo/

lasera printilo

/laˈsera prinˈtilo/

lasi

to leave
to let

lasta

last (opposite of first)

laste

lastenaskito

side (of a polygon, etc.)

latia

Latin (of or pertaining to Latium)

Latin (of or pertaining to the Latin language)

Romance, derived from Latin

alternative letter-case form of Latino

roller shutter.

lato

lath, batten (plank of wood)

brass (made of brass)

latva

latvo

lau

H-system spelling of laŭ

laux

X-system spelling of laŭ

lavash (a soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor, and sometimes sprinkled with sesame seeds or poppy seeds before baking)

lavi

to wash, to launder

washing machine

alternative form of lavotabulo

lazi

to lasso, to rope (to tie up with a lasso)

lazo

azure; sky blue

lapis lazuli (gemstone)

laĉo

laŭ

according to, in accordance with, conformably to, pursuant to, per
along (in the direction of)

laŭalfabeta

/lau̯alfaˈbeta/

/lau̯beˈzone/

arbour
gazebo

laudable, praiseworthy

/lau̯deˈzire/

laudable, praiseworthy

if possible; as much as possible

laŭgramatika

/lau̯ɡramaˈtika/

grammatical (acceptable according to the rules of a language's grammar)

/lau̯ˈled͡ʒa/

legal (according to the law, permitted by law)

/lau̯ˈled͡ʒe/

legally, legitimately

/lau̯liˈtera/

/lau̯liˈtere/

literally, to the letter

/lau̯ˈlonɡe/

lengthwise, along

laŭprioritatigi

/lau̯prioritaˈtiɡi/

to arrange in order of priority; to prioritize

/lau̯renˈt͡sio/

loud (of a sound)

/lau̯ˈtet͡so/

volume (amplitude of a sound)

/lau̯ˈtleɡi/

laŭtparolilo

/lau̯tparoˈlilo/

/lau̯ˈvit͡se/

in turn, one by one

at will, as desired

word-for-word, verbatim

/lau̯ˈʃai̯ne/

apparently, seemingly