What is ".la"

.la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos.

Although the .la domain is officially assigned to the country of Laos, it has also been rented out to some businesses in the city of Los Angeles. No official or unofficial association exists between the .la domain and any government in the United States (see .gov and .org).

The .la domain is also used for domain hacks in the French language and the Chinese language. means "there" in French and in Italian, and in other Romance languages; "" is a common modal word at the end of a sentence or a phrase in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese.

Mozilla Foundation's URL shortener uses it with the "mzl.la" domain hack.

Tesla Motors uses "ts.la" domain hack as a shortener and a redirect.

Domain names registered with the .la top-level domain start at $50.00 and skyrocket for other generic associations.

The Network information center of .la is oriented to pages based in Los Angeles.

Intel Latin America uses intel.la.

The Digital Public Library of America uses dp.la.