Vala

Vala can refer to:

Caste

• Vala, a Rajput clan found in Gujarat in India

People

• Numonius Vala, a Roman family name, or any of the men of that name
• Vala (Persian: والا), an Indo-Aryan name (male) and surname

Fiction

• Vala (Middle-earth), an angelic being in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction
• Vala Mal Doran, a fictional character in the Canadian-American television series Stargate SG-1
• Vala, or The Four Zoas, a poem by William Blake

Religion and mythology

• Vala (Vedic), a demon or a stone cavern in the Hindu scriptures
• Völva, a priestess in Norse mythology and Norse paganism
• Veles (god), a similar demon in Slavic mythology.

Science and technology

• 131 Vala, an asteroid
• VALA, Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc.
• Vala GSM, a mobile operator in Kosovo
• Vala (programming language), a programming language targeting GNOME's object system

See also

• Wala (disambiguation)