LEA
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Lea may refer to:
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LEA may mean:
In geography:
- Albert Lea, MinnesotaAlbert Lea, MinnesotaAlbert Lea is a city in and the county seat of Freeborn County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 18,016 at the 2010 census....
- Albert Lea Township, MinnesotaAlbert Lea Township, MinnesotaAlbert Lea Township is a township in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 808 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
- Lea, Derbyshire
- Lea, LancashireLea, LancashireLea and Cottam are villages in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. Together they form the civil parish of Lea, which has a population of 5,962.-Geography:...
- Lea, LincolnshireLea, LincolnshireLea is a small village and parish on the outskirts of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. It is at the junction of the A156 and B1241, approximately 2 miles south of Gainsborough town centre and 14 miles north-west of Lincoln....
- Lea, WiltshireLea, WiltshireLea is a village in Wiltshire, England. It is approximately a mile east of Malmesbury.It is part of the parish of Lea and Cleverton which includes the village of Garsdon and the hamlet of Cleverton. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 769...
- The River Lea (also called the River Lee), a river in southern England
In music:
- Lea DeLariaLea DeLariaLea DeLaria is an American comedienne, actress, and jazz musician. The "famously controversial" DeLaria was "the first openly gay comic to break the late-night talk-show barrier" with her 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show....
, US comedian, actor, and jazz musician - Lea ThompsonLea ThompsonLea Katherine Thompson is an American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother, in the Back to the Future trilogy...
, actress - Lea MicheleLea MicheleLea Michele Sarfati , known professionally as Lea Michele, is an American actress and singer. Michele began working professionally as a child actress on Broadway in productions such as Ragtime and Les Misérables. She originated the role of Wendla in the musical Spring Awakening and currently plays...
, actress and singer of Broadway, tv and movies. - Lea VissiLia VissiOlympia Vissi is a Greek Cypriot singer, songwriter, composer and politician, most notable for her two participations in the Eurovision Song Contest and being older sister of Greek Cypriot singer Anna Vissi.-Career:...
, a Cypriot singer - "Lea", a song by Toto from FahrenheitFahrenheit (Toto album)Fahrenheit is the sixth studio album by Toto, released in 1986. It was their first album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals. Former lead singer Fergie Frederiksen was fired due to problems with his ability in the studio. However, he sings backing vocals on the song "Could This Be Love"...
In film and TV:
- Lea MassariLea MassariAnna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari is an Italian actress.She was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but when she was 22, she changed her name to Lea Massari after the death of her fiancé Leo...
, Italian actress - Lea PadovaniLea PadovaniLea Padovani was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1945 and 1990. She starred in the film Black Dossier which was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival...
, Italian actress - List of Big Brother 2006 housemates (UK), Lea Walker was in the seventh series of Big Brother in the UK
In other fields:
- Darrell LeaDarrell LeaDarrell Lea Chocolate Shops is an Australian company that makes and sells chocolate.It is privately owned by the Lea family, and is the largest privately owned confectionery manufacturer in Australia. It was established as a company in 1927....
, Australian company making and selling chocolate - Lea GottliebLea GottliebLea Gottlieb is an Israeli swimwear fashion designer. She emigrated to Israel from Hungary after World War II, and founded the Gottex company.-Early life:...
, Hungarian-born Israeli fashion designer - Lea HernandezLea HernandezLea Hernandez is an American comic book and webcomic creator who usually draws in a Japanese-influenced style. She is the co-creator of Killer Princesses with Gail Simone , and the creator of Rumble Girls...
, American comic book and webcomic artist - Lea Nordheim, Dutch Olympic champion gymnast
LEA may mean:
- Local Education AuthorityLocal Education AuthorityA local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
, the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that council's jurisdiction - Local education agencyLocal education agencyLocal Education Agency is a commonly used synonym for a school district, an entity which operates local public primary and secondary schools in the United States, or provides government services to schools within a local area in the United Kingdom....
, a public school district in the United States. - Late Embryogenesis AbundantLate Embryogenesis Abundant proteinsLate Embryogenesis Abundant proteins are proteins in animals and plants that protect other proteins from aggregation from desiccation or osmotic stresses associated with low temperature. LEA proteins were initially discovered accumulating late in embryogenesis of cotton seeds...
protein, protein that protects against desiccation and freezing in bacteria, plants and animals. - Law enforcement agencyLaw enforcement agencyIn North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
, or Law enforcement authority - Lear Corporation, where LEA is the stock symbol of this automotive parts supplier after it exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Load Effective Address, an assembly language instruction
See also
- Lea (surname)Lea (surname)Lea is a surname. It may refer to:Lea is an English surname, originating from Old English prior to the Norman Conquest of England in the year 1066. After the Norman Conquest of 1066, an infusion of Norman, French, and Latin entered into the lexicon of England, resulting in the development of...
- LeagraveLeagraveFor other uses see Leagrave Leagrave is a former village and now a suburb of Luton in Bedfordshire in the northwest of the town. Connected by train from Leagrave station into London and Bedford by First Capital Connect...
- Leah (disambiguation)Leah (disambiguation)Leah is the first wife of the Biblical patriarch Jacob.Leah may also refer to:*Leah *Leah, a sculpture by Michelangelo*John Leah , English footballer*Sandy Leah , Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer, and actress...
- Lee (disambiguation)
- Leigh (disambiguation)
- Saint LeaSaint LeaSaint Lea is a third century saint in the Roman Catholic Church on the authority of Jerome about whom little is definitively known. The church father Saint Jerome, in a letter to Saint Marcella, said that she was a widow who retired to a Roman convent of consecrated virgins, where she became the...