lea
noun
[ liː ]
• an open area of grassy or arable land.
• "the lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea"
Origin:
Old English lēa(h), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German loh ‘grove’, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lokás ‘open space’, Latin lucus ‘grove’, and perhaps also light1.
LEA
noun
• short for local education authority.
