PLA can refer to any of the following:
- It could be an initialism for the People's Liberation Army.
- It could be the Port of London Authority.
- It can be shorthand for a Programmable Logic Array.
- Surgeons use it to refer to a pelvic lymphadenectomy, a procedure in which lymph nodes are removed.
- As defined by the FTC, it is the manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is composed of at least 85% by weight of lactic acid ester units derived from naturally occurring sugars. Ingeo™ is one trademark for this fiber.
- It can refer to polylactide, a polymer trademarked as Natureworks™, which can be extruded into Ingeo™ fiber.
- It can refer to polylactic acid.
- It's the stock symbol for Playboy Enterprises.