Lassa

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proper noun

A town in Borno state, Nigeria.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. archaicArchaic form of Lhasa.
  2. abbreviationacronymAcronym of Latin American Society of South Australia.
  3. A town in Borno state, Nigeria.

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

    2013, Arin Bhattacharya, A Review on Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, page 8
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    Luka. The Gospel According to St. Luke in Margi. Prepared by The Church of the Brethren Mission. Lassa, Nigeria.

    2017, Carl Hoffmann, A Grammar of the Margi Language

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

    2010, Stephen Berger, Lassa fever
  4. A city in the Kara Region of Togo

    Here to help? Two witch doctors in Lassa, Togo

    2009, Anne Rooney, The Story of Medicine
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    Other Catholic elemntary schools are at Lassa and a few other places .

    1964, Thomas John Larson, A Preliminary Survey of the Cabrai of Lama-Kara Circonscription, Togo, page 65

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

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

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

salsasalas
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APA

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MLA

“Lassa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lassa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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