Lata

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lata \La"ta\, Latah \La"tah\, n. [Malay.]
     A convulsive tic or hysteric neurosis prevalent among Malays,
     similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease,
     the person affected performing various involuntary actions
     and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of
     the actions and words of another person.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  LATA
       Local Access Transport Area