Lassa

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 virus, the arenavirus that causes Lassa fever
• Lassa hastata (Pavonia hastata), a shrub in the family Malvaceae
• 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 or Lassa, the inner urban district of the city Lhasa, Tibet, China
• Lhasa (city)

Other uses

• Lassa Oppenheim (1858–1919), German jurist and author
• Lassa (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
• FC Barcelona Lassa, a former sponsorship name of a Spanish professional basketball club

See also

• Lasa (disambiguation)
• Lassas, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
• Lhasa (disambiguation)