Valla is both a surname and place name which may refer to:

People

Esat Valla Esat Valla (born 22 April 1944) is a Kosovar Albanian painter noted for his figurative paintings of small animals or insects such as butterflies and birds. Life Esat Valla was born on 22 April 1944 in Gjakova, where he attended primary school. ...

, Kosovar Albanian painter *

Gerd-Liv Valla Gerd-Liv Valla (born 25 January 1948 in Korgen, Nordland) is a Norwegian former trade union leader, who served as leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). She took over in 2001 (from former leader, Yngve Hågensen) and resigned i ...

, Norwegian trade union leader *

Giorgio Valla Giorgio Valla (Latin: ''Georgius Valla''; Piacenza 1447–Venice 1500) was an Italian academic, mathematician, philologist and translator. Life He was born in Piacenza in 1447. He was the son of Andrea Valla and Cornelia Corvini. At the age of f ...

(1447-1500), scientist * Kristin Valla, Norwegian writer and journalist *

Kristin Hille Valla Kristin Hille Valla (born 31 December 1944 in Årdal) is a Norwegian politician in the Centre Party. Biography From 1989 to 1990, while the cabinet Syse held office, Hille Valla was appointed Minister of the Environment. On the local level sh ...

, Norwegian politician for the Centre Party *

Lorenzo Valla Lorenzo Valla (; also Latinized as Laurentius; 14071 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, rhetorician, educator, scholar, and Catholic priest. He is best known for his historical-critical textual analysis that proved that the ''Don ...

(1406 – 1457), Italian Renaissance era humanist * Marie-Laure Valla, French set dresser and set decorator * Natacha Valla, French economist * Nerduan Valla, Albanian ice hockey player * Paul Vallas, American politician *

Spyros Vallas Spyros Vallas ( gr, Σπύρος Βάλλας; born 26 August 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer. Vallas, a defender, started his career at Skoda Xanthi, and transferred to Olympiacos in July 2003. He played for Larissa on loan ...

, Greek professional football player *

Trebisonda Valla Trebisonda "Ondina" Valla (20 May 1916 – 16 October 2006) was an Italians, Italian female athletics (sport), athlete, and the first Italian woman to ever win an Olympic Games, Olympic gold medal. She won it in the 80 m hurdling, hurdles even ...

(1916 – 2006), Italian athlete

Places

* Valla (Dhaalu Atoll), an uninhabited island of the Maldives * Valla (Pieria), a town of ancient Pieria, Macedonia, Greece * Valla, Norway in

Vega Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only from the Sun, an ...

municipality, Nordland, Norway * Vallsjøen (Valla) in

Meløy Meløy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørnes. Other villages include Eidbukta, Neverdal, Glomfjord, Halsa, Reipå, S ...

municipality, Nordland, Norway *

Valla, New South Wales Valla is a suburb in the Nambucca Valley, on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The name was chosen to match that of the British residence of nineteenth century diplomat Andrew Buchanan. History ''Deep Creek'' Post Office opened ...

, a village in New South Wales, Australia *

Valla, Sweden Valla is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universal ...

, locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden * Valla, locality in Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden **

East Valla East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

** West Valla **

Valla Wood {{Coord, 58.40300, N, 15.58986, E, display=title Valla Wood (in Swedish, ''Vallaskogen'') is a nature reserve in the municipality of Linköping, in the county of Östergötland, Sweden. It is the forested area nearest the city centre. Because th ...

, nature reserve in the municipality of Linköping *

Stora Valla Stora Valla is a multi-use stadium in Degerfors, Sweden. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Degerfors IF. The stadium holds 12,500 people and opened in 1938. The record attendance is 21,065 spectator ...

, multi-use stadium in Degerfors, Sweden

Other

* Plural for

Vallum Vallum is either the whole or a portion of the fortifications of a Roman camp. The vallum usually comprised an earthen or turf rampart (Agger) with a wooden palisade on top, with a deep outer ditch (fossa). The name is derived from '' vallus'' (a ...

, the whole or a portion of the fortifications of a Roman camp *Valla, a player character in the video game ''

Heroes of the Storm ''Heroes of the Storm'' is a crossover multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released for Microsoft Windows and macOS on June 2, 2015. The game features various characters from Bli ...

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