MLA may refer to:
Organizations
- Modern Language Association, United States of America
- The MLA Style Manual, its works cited page guidelines
- Massachusetts Library Association
- Medical Library Association, United States
- Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, United Kingdom
- Music Library Association, United States
- Meat and Livestock Australia, Australian not-for-profit organisation of red meat producers
- Master Locksmiths Association, United Kingdom
Professions and titles
- Master of Landscape Architecture
- Master of Liberal Arts
- Member of the Legislative Assembly (in various countries)
- Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland) (Northern Ireland Assembly) in Northern Ireland
- Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)
- Medical Laboratory Assistant, an assistant to a biomedical scientist
Businesses
- Mandated Lead Arranger, a bank in charge of organizing a syndicated loan
Schools
- The Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam
- Mackdonald Language Academy (Ireland)
Other
- Mutual legal assistance treaty, international law
- Malta International Airport, IATA airport code
- Manila, capital city of the Philippines
- Mercury Laser Altimeter, an instrument on MESSENGER space probe
- Methyllycaconitine, a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist
- M.L.A. (film), a 1957 Telugu film.