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Lassa may refer to:
Biology and medicine
- Asthena lassa, a moth in the family Geometridae
- Lassa fever, a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus
- Lassa hastata (Pavonia hastata), a shrub in the family Malvaceae
- Lassa virus (LASV), the arenavirus that causes Lassa hemorrhagic fever, named after Lassa in Borno State, Nigeria
- Saphenista lassa, a species of moth of the family Tortricidae
Places
- Lassa, a town in Borno State, Nigeria
- Lassa, Lebanon, a municipality in the Byblos District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon
- Lassa, Togo, a city in the Kara Region of Togo
- Lhasa, Tibet, China of which Lassa is an alternate spelling
Other uses
- Lassa Oppenheim, a German jurist and author of International Law: A Treatise
- Lassa (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
- FC Barcelona Lassa, a Spanish professional basketball club
See also
- Lasa (disambiguation)
- Lassas, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
- Lhasa (disambiguation)
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