Pala may refer to:

Places

Chad

Pala, Chad Pala ( ar, بالا) is a town in Chad and the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest. The Fula language is spoken in the area. The Roman Catholic bishopric of Pala served Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture, in 1970, Pala included 116,000 of Chad's 160,00 ...

, the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest

Estonia

Pala, Kose Parish Pala is a village in Kose Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, ...

, village in Kose Parish, Harju County *

Pala, Kuusalu Parish Pala is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. References

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, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County *

Pala, Järva County Pala is a village in Türi Parish, Järva County in central Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, ...

, village in Türi Parish, Järva County *

Pala, Jõgeva County Pala is a village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County in Estonia. (retrieved 17 March 2020) References

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, village in Peipsiääre Parish, Jõgeva County * Pala Parish, former rural municipality in Jõgeva County

India

* Pala, Kerala, a town in the state of Kerala * Pala (State Assembly constituency) * Pala dynasty (disambiguation), several historical ruling groups * Pala Empire, an imperial power originating in Bengal during the Late Classical period *Pala Lake, English name for

Palak Dil Palak Dil or Pala Tipo (Mara language for "swallowing lake") is the largest and biggest lake in Mizoram, northeast India. It is located near Phura village in Saiha district, within the Mara Autonomous District Council in the southern most distric ...

, a large lake in the state of Mizoram, Northeast India

Turkey

Palā Pala (cuneiform ''pa-la-a'') was a Bronze Age country in Northern Anatolia. Little is known of Pala except its native Palaic language and its native religion. The only known person of Palaic origin was the ritual priestess Anna. Their language sha ...

or Pala: a Bronze Age country in northern Anatolia, ** where the extinct Palaic language (or ''Palaumnili''), a part of the Indo-European language family, was spoken.

United States

Pala, California Pala is a small, mostly Native American, community and CDP located in the Pala Indian Reservation, located within San Diego County, California. For centuries a traditional gathering place of native peoples, it was selected in the early 19th ce ...

, a small community in the Pala Indian Reservation within San Diego County * Pala Casino Resort and Spa, a casino located in Pala, California

Fiction

* Pala, a fictional island in Aldous Huxley's ''Island'' (Huxley novel) * Pala, a fictional town in '' Far Cry 2'', a video game

Other

* ''Pala'' (album), the second album from Friendly Fires, released in 2011. *

Pala (surname) The surname Pala may refer to: *Pala dynasty (disambiguation) * Ano Pala, Papua New Guinean politician * Doğukan Pala, Turkish footballer * František Pála, Czech tennis player * Hubert Pala, Polish footballer * İskender Pala, Turkish professor ...

, a list of people with the surname ''Pala'' *

Pala (sword) Pala may refer to: Places Chad *Pala, Chad, the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Estonia * Pala, Kose Parish, village in Kose Parish, Harju County * Pala, Kuusalu Parish, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County *Pala, Järva County, vi ...

, a short kind of Turkish sword or kilij * Pala Empire, an empire and dynasty on the Indian subcontinent, founded in 750 *

Pala Hamburger Pala Catering Management Co Ltd, doing business as Pala Hamburger (), is a Chinese fast food chain headquartered in the Wuhan CBD ( 武汉中央商务区). The first store opened in Wuhan in 1999. Ke Zhaoyan, the marketing manager, stated that Pal ...

, a Chinese fast-food chain *

Pala (folk art) Pala is a cultural folk ballad form of Odisha, mix of Sanskrit & Odia literature. It is a group of five or six persons, who performs this art. The group consists of a 'Gayaka' (Main singer), a 'Bayaka' (drummer) and others are Palia (Chorus). The ...

, a folk-theatre form, native to the Indian state Odisha, akin to

jatra (Bengal) Jatra ( bn, যাত্রা, or, ଯାତ୍ରା, ) is a popular folk-theatre form of Odia theatre, Bengali theatre, spread throughout most of Odia, Bengali speaking areas of the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh and Indian state ...

* PaLA or

Pennsylvania Library Association The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) is the professional association for librarians in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It represents about 2,000 members affiliated with public, academic, special, and school libraries throughout the state, ...

* PALA or ''Partido Laborista Agrario'', the

Labor and Agrarian Party Labor and Agrarian Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Laborista Agrario'', PALA) was a Panamanian right-of-center political party, founded in 1960. The PALA supported the Marco Aurelio Robles administration in 1964-1968. In 1968 it allied with the Peop ...

of Panama * PALA, the

Poetics and Linguistics Association The Poetics and Linguistics Association is an international academic association which exists to promote the research, teaching and learning in the study of linguistic style and the language of literature. The Poetics and Linguistics Association i ...

, an international academic association that supports studies of linguistic and literary styles * PALA, Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, one of the awards given as part of

the President's Challenge The President's Challenge (also called Presidential Champions) was an American program promulgated by the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition that aimed to encourage all Americans to "make being active part of their everyday liv ...

in the United States