loa
/ˈloʊ̯ə/noun
loa is a noun meaning “In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-O-A, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of loa is loas.
What does loa mean?
noun
- 1
In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
noun
- 1
Initialism of leave of absence.
- 2
USInitialism of letter of appreciation.
- 3
Initialism of length over all, the length of a ship's hull without attachments.
- 4
Initialism of law of attraction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce loa?
- UK /ˈləʊ̯ə/
- US /ˈloʊ̯ə/
- /ˈlʌʊ̯ə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of loa
- loas plural
- lwa
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is loa?
Loa appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does loa come from?
Borrowed from Haitian Creole lwa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).