Pala may refer to:

Places

Chad

Pala, Chad Pala () 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 160,000 Catholics. ...

, 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, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic ...

, village in Kose Parish, Harju County * Pala, Kuusalu Parish, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County * Pala, Järva County, village in Türi Parish, Järva County *

Pala, Jõgeva County Pala () is a village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County in Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Balt ...

, village in Peipsiääre Parish, Jõgeva County *

Pala Parish Pala Parish () is a former rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in eastern Estonia. It was a part of Jõgeva County. The municipality had a population of 1,363 (as of 1 January 2004) and covered an area of 156.71 km². The populati ...

, former rural municipality in Jõgeva County

India

Pala, Kerala Pala () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located north of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, ...

, a town in the state of Kerala *

Pala (State Assembly constituency) Pala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As ...

Pala dynasty (disambiguation) Pala dynasty may refer to: * Pala Empire (750–1174), Indian imperial power ruled by a dynasty centered in present-day Bengal * Kamboja Pala dynasty, rulers of parts of the Bengal in the 10th to 11th centuries * Pala dynasty (Kamarupa) T ...

, several historical ruling groups *

Pala Empire The Pāla Empire was the empire ruled by the Pala dynasty, ("protector" in Sanskrit) a medieval Indian dynasty which ruled the kingdom of Gauda Kingdom, Gauda. The empire was founded with the election of Gopala, Gopāla by the chiefs of Kingdo ...

, 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 Siaha district, within the Mara Autonomous District Council in the southernmost distric ...

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

Turkey

* Palā or Pala: a Bronze Age country in northern Anatolia, ** where the extinct

Palaic language Palaic is an extinct Indo-European language, attested in cuneiform tablets in Bronze Age Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites. Palaic, which was apparently spoken mainly in northern Anatolia, is generally considered to be one of four primary sub ...

(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 census-designated place located within the Pala Indian Reservation in San Diego County, California. For centuries a traditional gathering place of native peoples. The Mission San Antonio de P ...

, a small community in the Pala Indian Reservation within San Diego County *

Pala Casino Resort and Spa Pala Casino Spa Resort is a casino hotel and spa in Pala, California, on the Pala Indian Reservation northeast of San Diego. It is owned and operated by the Pala Band of Mission Indians, a federally recognized tribe. The casino has 86,000 squ ...

, 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 ''Far Cry 2'' is a 2008 first-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A top-down shooter version for mobile phones was developed and published by Gameloft. It is ...

'', a video game

Other

* ''Pala'' (album), a 2011 album by Friendly Fires *

Pala (folk art) Pala is a cultural folk ballad form of Odisha, derived from Sanskrit and Odia literature. It is performed by a group of five or six people, consisting of a 'gayaka' (main singer), a 'bayaka' (drummer), and a 'palia' (chorus). The gayaka has a 'cha ...

, a folk-theatre form native to Odisha, India *

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

, a list of people with the name * Pala, a short kind of Turkish sword or

kilij A kilij (from Turkish language, Turkish ''kılıç'', literally "sword") is a type of one-handed, single-edged and curved scimitar used by the Seljuk dynasty, Seljuk Empire, Timurid Empire, Mamluk Empire, Ottoman Empire, and other Turkic khanat ...

, an empire and dynasty on the Indian subcontinent, 750–1161 *

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 Pa ...

, a Chinese fast-food chain *

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 Peo ...

(''Partido Laborista Agrario''), Panama *

Pennsylvania Library Association The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) is the professional association for librarians in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.Soden, Martina. 2022. “Archives.” ''Pennsylvania Library Association Bulletin'' 77 (1): 18. It represents about 2,000 ...

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 is ...

* Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, part of the American

President's Challenge President's Challenge is an annual campaign in Singapore supported by the kindness and generosity of people from all walks of life, regardless of culture, religion or family background, to help those less fortunate — specifically for the benefic ...