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la.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
la.
Principal English Translation: 

the (an article)
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

macoz yn mayordomo de la ciudad tlaxcallan yn mayordomo navatiloz (Tlaxcala, 1547)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 21.

chimaliztacan alauertan = orchard at Chimaliztaca
atlauhcamilpan alauertan = orchard at Atlauhcamilpan (Coyoacan, mid 16th cent.)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 26:5, 160–161.

yn altepetl yn itocayoca a la villa del nombre de dios (Nombre de Dios, Durango, late 16th cent., [1585?])
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 23.

nicnomaquilitiuh alahuerta yn onca onoc xocoquauhtzintli = I am giving her the orchard where there are fruit trees (San Bartolomé Atenco, Coyoacan, 1617) -- Note the interesting inclusion of the preposition "a" that has become fixed, with the article "la," to huerta.
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 3, 60–61.

ante mi Don nicolas pelipe escrivano Real de la audiencia (S. Simón Pochtlan, Azcapotzalco, 1695)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 5.

ihuan esno de la Republica yhuan seme testigos (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 17.

fiscales de la Santa Yga fiscal Mayor Juan de leon fiscal Mexicano Leonardo Antonio Fiscal EECatepec (Metepec, 1795)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 6.

OnitlaCuylo Esno de la Santa Yga (Metepec, 1795)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 6.