Cela may refer to:

People

Cela (surname) Cela is a Spanish-Galician surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfonso Cela (1885–1932), Spanish bullfighter * Camilo José Cela (1916–2002), Spanish Nobel Prize winning writer * Camilo José Cela Conde (born 1946), Spanish wri ...

, a Spanish-Galician surname *

Çela Çela is an Albanian surname. According to an article by Paskal Milo, the surname could possibly be of pagan origin. It is today the fourth most common surname in Albania. Notable people with the surname include: * Emiliano Çela Emiliano � ...

, an Albanian surname *

Camilo José Cela Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Liter ...

, Spanish writer, winner of 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature * Ćela, nickname of Stevan Nedić (1875–1923), Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia and Macedonia

Placenames and jurisdictions

Spain

* Balsa de Cela, a natural thermal spring in Lúcar, Almería * Cela, Cambre, a parish in A Coruña * Cela, León, a locality in León * Cela, O Corgo, a parish in Lugo * Cela, Outeiro de Rei, a parish in Lugo

Portugal

Cela, Alcobaça Cela is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) in the municipality of Alcobaça, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in c ...

, a parish in the Leiria district * Cela, Chaves, a parish in the municipality of Chaves

Other

Cela, Angola Cela is a ''município'' (municipality) in the province of Cuanza Sul (Kwanza Sul) in Angola. It covers an area of and its population is 225,520 in 2014. Cela is bordered to the north by the municipality of Quibala, to the east by the municipa ...

, a municipality in the Cuanza-Sul province * Cella Dati, known as Céla in the Cremunés dialect, a municipality in Cremona, Italy * Coela, also known as Cela, a Roman city and diocese, now a Latin Catholic titular see *

Ekinözü Ekinözü is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 656 km2, and its population is 10,290 (2022). The town was north of the epicenter of a 7.5 earthquake on 6 February 2023—the latter of two large ea ...

, known as Cela in Kurdish, a town and district in Turkey

Biology

CELA1 Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 1 (CELA1) also known as elastase-1 (ELA1) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CELA1'' gene. Elastases form a subfamily of serine proteases that hydrolyze many proteins in addition to elastin. Hu ...

, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA1 gene *

CELA2A Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 2A is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CELA2A'' gene. Function Elastases form a subfamily of serine proteases that hydrolyze many proteins in addition to elastin Elastin is a protein enco ...

, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA2A gene *

CELA2B Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 2B is and enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CELA2B'' gene. Function Elastases form a subfamily of serine proteases that hydrolyze many proteins in addition to elastin Elastin is a protein en ...

, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA2B gene *

CELA3A Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 3A is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CELA3A'' gene. Function Elastases form a subfamily of serine proteases that hydrolyze many proteins in addition to elastin Elastin is a protein enco ...

, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA3A gene *

CELA3B Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 3B also known as elastase-3B, protease E, or fecal elastase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CELA3B'' gene. Clinical literature that describes human elastase 1 activity in the pancreas or ...

, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA3B gene

Other uses

* ''cela'', a French demonstrative pronoun * Cela Sculptoris, commonly known as Caelum, a faint constellation in the southern sky * Tropical Cyclone Cela, a tropical cyclone which moved across Madagascar in December 2003; see

2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season The 2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season featured the List of the most intense tropical cyclones#South-West Indian Ocean, most intense tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean, Cyclone Gafilo, as well as nine other tropical cyc ...

Canadian Environmental Law Association The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is a non-profit, public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms. It is also a free legal advisory clin ...

, non-profit, public interest organization *

Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...

, National Autonomous University of Mexico * A character in the film ''

The Big Brass Ring ''The Big Brass Ring'' is a 1999 drama film, starring William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Irene Jacob, Jefferson Mays and Miranda Richardson (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance). The film's script was heavily rewritten by ...

'' * A character in the video game '' Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance'' * CELA, an American professional designation for

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nation ...