Mala may refer to:

Comics

* Mala (Amazon), an Amazon from Wonder Woman's side of the DC Universe *

Mala (Kryptonian) Mala is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe. The male version first appeared in ''Superman'' #65 (July 1950) in the story "''The Three Supermen from Space!''" Fictional character biography Mala, along with his brothers Kizo and U- ...

, a villain from Superman's corner of the DC Universe

Films and television

* ''Mala'' (1941 film), a Bollywood drama film * , a Yugoslav drama film with

Danilo Stojković Danilo Stojković ( sr-cyr, Данило Стојковић; 11 August 1934 – 16 March 2002), commonly nicknamed Bata (Бата), was a Serbian theatre, television and film actor. Stojković's numerous comedic portrayals of the "small man fig ...

* ''Mala'' (2013 film), an Argentine crime film

Music

* '' Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou'', a 2002 Greek soundtrack album by Anna Vissi ** "Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou" (song), a song from the album * ''Mala'' (Yolandita Monge album), 2008 ** "Mala" (song), a song from the album * ''Mala'' (Devendra Banhart album), an album by folk-rock musician Devendra Banhart * "Mala" (6ix9ine song), a Spanish song by American rapper 6ix9ine *

Mala Records Mala Records was a small record label founded as a Bell Records subsidiary in 1959. Beginning in 1967, albums by Mala recording artists were issued on the Bell label instead of Mala. Along with Bell, Mala was acquired in the late sixties by Colu ...

, a record label

People

Given name

* Mala (Pakistani singer) (1939–1990), Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films * Mala Aravindan (1939–2015), Malayalam film actor *

Mala Gaonkar Mala Gopal Gaonkar (born November 1969) is an American businesswoman, and the co-portfolio manager at investment firm Lone Pine Capital. Early life Gaonkar was born in November 1969 in the US and mostly raised in Bangalore, India. She earned a d ...

(born 1969), American businessperson *

Mala Kachalla Mala Kachalla (November 1941 – 18 April 2007) was governor of Borno State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003. Background Mala Kachalla was born in 1941 in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. Borno Governor Mala Kachalla was elec ...

(1941–2007), former governor of Borno State in Nigeria *

Mala Powers Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers (December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was an American actress. Early life Powers was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Los Angeles. Her father was a United Press International, United Press executive, whil ...

(1931–2007), American actress * Mala Rodríguez, also known as La Mala, La Mala María, Spanish hip hop rapper * Mala Roy, Indian politician *

Mala Sinha Alda Sinha (born 11 November 1936), better known by her stage name Mala Sinha is a former Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali films. Initially starting her career with regional cinema, she went on to become a top leading ...

(born 1936), Indian actress *

Mala Zimetbaum Malka Zimetbaum, also known as "Mala" Zimetbaum or "Mala the Belgian" (26 January 1918 – 15 September 1944), was a Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent, known for her escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the resistance she ...

(1922–1944), Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent executed for escaping from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

Nickname

* Malá (footballer) (born 1979), Bissau-Guinean football midfielder * Mala (musician), a member of Deep Dub duo Digital Mystikz

Surname

* Doueugui Mala (born 1993), Ivorian footballer * Esat Mala (born 1998), Albanian footballer * Ray Mala (1906–1952), Native American movie actor * Shormi Mala, Bangladeshi stage, television and film actress * Zef Mala (1915–1979), Albanian publicist and communist activist

Places

* Mała, a village in Poland * Mäla, a village in western Estonia * Mala, Homalin, a village in Burma * Mala, Lanzarote, a village in the Canary Islands *

Mala, Kerala Mala is a small town in Thrissur district of Kerala state, India. There is a Jewish synagogue in Mala town. At the moment, it is in ruins. The famous Pambu Mekkattu Mana (temple) is located here and attracts thousands of devotees every year. ...

, a village in southern India *

Mala, Nepal Mala is a village and Village Development Committee in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bure ...

, a village and village development committee * Mala, Sweden, a village * Mala District, Peru ** Mala, Cañete Province, capital of the district *

Malå Municipality Malå Municipality (; sju, Málágen kommuvdna) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Malå. History Between 1974 and 1982 Malå Municipality was included in Norsjö Municipality. In 1983 it was ...

, in northern Sweden * Mala, a village in

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, Ghazni, Afghanistan *

Malaita Malaita is the primary island of Malaita Province in Solomon Islands. Malaita is the most populous island of the Solomon Islands, with a population of 161,832 as of 2021, or more than a third of the entire national population. It is also the se ...

or Mala, an island of the Solomon Islands

Other

Mala (caste) Mala is a Telugu caste of Malla Yodhas from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are also present in smaller numbers in the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra. They are considered as Scheduled Caste (SC) by the Government ...

or Mala community, from Andhra Pradesh *

Mala (river) The Mala is a small left tributary of the Danube in Romania. It discharges into the Porțile de Fier I Reservoir, which is drained by the Danube, near Eșelnița Eșelnița ( hu, Jeselnica) is a commune located in Mehedinți County, Romania. It ...

, a small tributary of the Danube in Romania * Mala (seasoning) (麻辣, or ''málà''), a numbing and spicy Chinese seasoning made from chillies and Sichuan pepper *

Malå IF Malå IF is a Swedish football club located in Malå in Västerbotten County. Background Since its foundation Malå IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in ...

, Swedish football club located in Malå in Västerbotten County *

Mala language Mala, or Pay, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilon ...

, a Papuan language *

Mala language (Nigeria) Mala (Tumala, Amala), also known as Rumaya, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. References

East Kainji languages Languages of Nigeria {{Kainji-lang-stub ...

, a language of Nigeria *

Metropolis-adjusted Langevin algorithm In computational statistics, the Metropolis-adjusted Langevin algorithm (MALA) or Langevin Monte Carlo (LMC) is a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method for obtaining random samples – sequences of random observations – from a probability distr ...

(MALA), a Markov chain Monte Carlo method * Chera dynasty or Mala, South India *

Cyclone Mala Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mala was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2006 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. In mid-April 2006, an area of disturbed weather formed over the southern Bay of Bengal and nearby Andaman Sea. Over a period of ...

, a cyclonic storm that killed 22 people in Burma in 2006 *

Japamala A japamala, , or simply mala ( sa, माला; , meaning 'garland') is a loop of prayer beads commonly used in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism for counting recitations when performing ''japa'' (reciting a m ...

, known simply as mala, a loop of prayer beads commonly used in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism * Rufous hare-wallaby or mala, a small wallaby native to Australia