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fa-la  (fä lä′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a text or refrain in old songs.
  2. a type of part song or madrigal popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Also, fal la. 
  • special use of fa la, meaningless sound sequence found in old popular refrains 1585–95

'fa-la' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
fal la

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