laplas

== English == === Etymology === From Haitian Creole laplas, from French la place. === Noun === laplas (plural laplas) (voodoo) The assistant to a houngan or mambo. 1995, Marilyn Houlberg, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 277: The laplas and the two flag bearers followed Divié all around the poto mitan a number of times as he did this. ==== Alternative forms ==== la-place === Anagrams === Pallas == Haitian Creole == === Alternative forms === plas === Etymology === From French la place (“town square”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laplas/ === Noun === laplas square, plaza clipping of komandan laplas ==== Descendants ==== → English: laplas === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 112