Gala may refer to:
Music
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''Gala'' (album), a 1990 album by the English alternative rock band Lush
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Gala (singer), Italian singer and songwriter
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Gala – The Collection'', a 2016 album by Sarah Brightman
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GALA Choruses, an association of LGBT choral groups
*''Gala'', a
1986 album by The Walker Brothers
Organizations and brands
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GALA (Gay and Lesbian Acceptance), a Missouri non-profit organization for LGBT individuals connected with the Community of Christ
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Gala (supermarket), an Irish convenience store chain
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Gala Coral Group, a betting shop and bingo hall operator based in the United Kingdom
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Gala Inc., a Japanese holding company
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Gala RFC, a rugby club in Galashiels, Scotland
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Gala TV, a television channel
*"Gala", a nickname of Turkish football club
Galatasaray S.K.
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Girls Academic Leadership Academy, a public 6-12 school for girls in Los Angeles
People
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Gala (given name), the given name
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Gala (king), king of the Massylii of eastern Numidia
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Gala (singer), Italian singer/songwriter
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Gala Dalí (1894-1982), wife of French poet Paul Éluard and Catalan painter Salvador Dalí
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Gala Aleksić (born 1969), Serbian actress
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Gala Varo
Gala Varo is the stage name of Jesús Meza Arroyo (also known as Josué Armez), a Mexican drag performer who competed on season 2 of '' La Más Draga'' as part of Red Rabbit Duo, and on the first season of '' Drag Race México''. Gala Varo also ...
, Mexican drag queen
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Antonio Gala (1930–2023), Spanish poet and novelist
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Gabe Gala (born 1989), Nigerian-born Canadian soccer player
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Rosa Gala (born 1995), Angolan basketball player
Places
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Gala, Iran
Qaleh-ye Aslanian (, also Romanized as Qal‘eh-ye Aşlānīān; also known as Gala, Kalāt, and Qal‘eh) is a village in Kaghazkonan-e Shomali Rural District, Kaghazkonan District, Meyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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Gala, Tibet
Gala (; ) is a township of Kangmar County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It has four villages under its administration.
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*List of towns and villages in Tibet
An alphabetical list of populated places, including cities, towns, and vi ...
, a village
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Gala, Virginia
Gala is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic re ...
, an unincorporated community in the United States
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Gala, Croatia
Gala is a settlement in the Municipality of Otok in Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest ...
, a village near Sinj
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Puerto Gala
Puerto Gala or Gala is a hamlet and fishing community in Toto Island, southern Chile. It is located at the meeting point of Jacaf Channel with Moraleda Channel. The hamlet was established consequence of the '' merluza'' boom of the late 1980s. S ...
, a hamlet in southern Chile
*A contraction of
Galashiels
Galashiels (; , ) is a town in the Scottish Borders with a population of around 12,600. Its name is often colloquially shortened to "Gala". The town is a major commercial centre for the Borders region with extensive history in the textile in ...
, a Border town in Scotland
Others
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Gala (apple)
Gala is an apple cultivar with a sweet, mild flavor, a crisp but not hard texture, and a striped or mottled orange or reddish appearance. Originating from New Zealand in the 1930s, similar to most named apples it is clonally propagated. The Gal ...
, a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand
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Gala (board game)
Mak-yek (, ) is a two-player abstract strategy board game played in Thailand and Myanmar. Players move their pieces as in the rook in chess and attempt to capture their opponent's pieces through custodian and intervention capture. The game may ...
, a board game played in Thailand and Myanmar
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Gala (festivity)
A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes ...
, a festival
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''Gala'' (film), a 1982 Canadian documentary film
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Gala (literary prize), awarded by the Tbilisi City Assembly, Georgia
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''Gala'' (magazine), a French magazine
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Gala (potato)
Gala is an early-ripening firm-fleshed edible potato, for which good eating and keeping qualities are claimed. It was developed by the Sanitz, Groß Lüsewitz-based plant breeder Norika. In 2010, it was chosen as Thuringia's potato of the year ...
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Gala (priests), the lamenting priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna
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Gala Brand, a fictional character of the ''James Bond'' novel ''Moonraker'' (did not appear in the film version)
*Gala (γάλα), a Greek word meaning ''milk''; see
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Swimming gala, an amateur swimming competition
See also
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Gala Group (disambiguation)
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Durham Miners' Gala, an annual gathering and labour festival held in Durham, England
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Galah
The galah (; ''Eolophus roseicapilla''), less commonly known as the pink and grey cockatoo or rose-breasted cockatoo, is an Australian species of cockatoo and the only member of the genus ''Eolophus''. The galah is adapted to a wide variety of m ...
, a cockatoo native to Australia
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Galas, Greek mythological figure
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Galla Placidia
Galla Placidia (392/3 – 27 November 450), daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I, was the mother and a tutor and advisor to emperor Valentinian III. She was queen consort to Ataulf, King of the Visigoths from 414 until his death in 415, ...
, Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Theodosius the Great
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Gela (disambiguation)
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