Gala

Contents 1 Agriculture 2 Events and festivities 3 Fiction, film, music and gaming 4 Music 5 Names, organizations, and brands 6 People 7 Places 8 Others 9 See also

Gala may refer to:

Agriculture

• Gala (apple), a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand.

Events and festivities

• A gala, a festivity (in a prepositional phrase, e.g. "at the gala", it means "festive")
• A swimming gala is a British/South African term for an amateur swimming competition, often known as a swimming carnival in Australia.

Fiction, film, music and gaming

• Gala (singer), an Italian pop singer-songwriter
• Gala (album), a compilation album by the English alternative rock band Lush
• Gala, a planet in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
• Gala, protagonist of the Legend of Legaia video game
• Gala Brand, a fictional character of Ian Fleming's James Bond series novel, Moonraker (did not appear in the film version)

Music

• GALA Choruses, an association of GLBT choral groups
• Gala Rizzatto, known as Gala, an italian pop singer-songwriter

Names, organizations, and brands

• GALA (Gay and Lesbian Acceptance), a Missouri non-profit organization for LGBT individuals connected with the Community of Christ
• "Gala", the nickname of Galatasaray S.K., a football club in Turkey
• Gala (supermarket), an Irish convenience store chain
• Gala Inc., a pure holding company that administers 'GALA Group' which is in the online gaming industry.
• Gala Coral Group, a betting shop (Coral) and bingo hall (Gala Bingo) operator based in the United Kingdom
• Gala RFC, a rugby club in Galashiels, Scotland
• Gala TV, the television channel produced by Gala Bingo

People

• Antonio Gala (b. 1936), Spanish poet and novelist
• Gabe Gala (b. 1989), Nigerian-born Canadian soccer player
• Gala was the old name of an ethnic group in southeast Ethiopia. The ethnic name has been changed to Oromo as the name Gala is considered offensive.
• Gala (King of the Massylii), King of the Massylii of eastern Numidia
• Gala Dalí (1894–1982), the wife of French poet Paul Éluard and Catalan painter Salvador Dalí
• Gala Rizzatto, (b. 1975), New York-based Italian singer-songwriter whose hit songs include "Freed from Desire" (1997) and "Come into My Life" (1997)
• Latin for "pumpkin"

Places

• Gala, Tibet, a village.
• A contraction of Galashiels, a Border town in Scotland

Others

• Gala, a Greek word (γάλα) meaning "milk". (See also Milky Way and Galaxy etymology.)
• GALA (Graduated Audio Level Adjustment), using the speed pulse of the vehicle speed sensor (VSS) to adjust the volume in a car audio head unit

See also

• Galah, a cockatoo native to Australia
• Galla Placidia, Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Theodosius the Great.

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