lat

noun

1. 1.A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
2. 2.A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
3. 3.(usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
4. 4.The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
5. 5.The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.