Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location.
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Loa
//ˈləʊ.ə//
Synonyms for "loa"
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Japanese
1 entries- ロア noun (spirits of voodoo)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Some will caution you at great length about the dangers of Vodou. They will tell you that the lwa are jealous, thin-skinned, and hot-tempered.
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Equally surprising is to find St Patrick so prominent in many Vodou shrines, until one remembers that he too had been a slave who had twice crossed the sea, the second time to freedom, and that he had particular power over snakes, like the loa (Haitian equivalent of orisha) Dambala Wèdo.
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But in the end, nothing says as much about a yacht, or its owner, as the delicate matter of L.O.A.—length over all.
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