Usually means: Three-letter acronym, abbreviation form.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word TLA:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. tla: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. TLA: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. TLA: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tla: Wordnik
  5. TLA, tla: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. TLA: Wiktionary
  7. TLA: Dictionary.com
  8. TLA, Tla: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. TLA: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. TLA: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. TLA: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. TLA: Netlingo
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. TLA: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  5. Glossary of Internet Terms (No longer online)
  6. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. TLA (disambiguation), TLA: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TLA: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. T.L.A, T.L.A, TLA: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (TLA)

▸ noun:  (countable) Initialism of three-letter acronym/abbreviation
▸ noun:  (US, humorous, countable) Initialism of 3-letter agency: the CIA, FBI, NSA, etc.
▸ noun:  (organic chemistry, uncountable) Initialism of trilaurylamine. [(organic chemistry) An amine with three lauryl radicals, used primarily as an extractant.]
▸ noun:  Abbreviation of Tlaxcala, a state of Mexico. [(history) An indigenous Mesoamerican polity in what is now Mexico.]

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SSA, reng, rona, rre, Kwa, isu, nako, laas, Nao, buat, more...

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FBI, NSA, IBM, CEO, CFO, MVP, NBA, more...

Adjectives:
sub, non, thle, greatest, clinical, anti

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Similar:
SSA, reng, rona, rre, Kwa, isu, nako, laas, Nao, buat, more...

Types:
FBI, NSA, IBM, CEO, CFO, MVP, NBA, more...

Adjectives:
sub, non, thle, greatest, clinical, anti



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