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Loa , longest river of Chile, 275 mi (443 km) long, flowing S from the Andes, N Chile, then W and N through the Atacama Desert, before turning W to the Pacific Ocean. It is not navigable but affords some water supply and hydroelectric power for copper and nitrate-mining communities in its vicinity.

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Loa (loh-ă) n. a genus of parasitic nematode worms (see filaria). L. loa the eye worm, which lives within the tissues beneath the skin and causes loiasis.

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The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Loa, prologue or compliment to the audience which preceded the early Spanish theatrical performance. It ranged from a short introductory monologue to a miniature drama having some bearing on the play which was to follow. Águstin de Rojas, in his El viaje entretenido (The Entertaining Journey, 1603), says that a strolling company generally had a variety of loas which could be fitted to any play in any town.

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