ELA

• English Language Academy, part of University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna, a Basque trade union
• English Lacrosse Association, the governing body for lacrosse in England
• Epanastatikos Laikos Agonas, see Revolutionary Nuclei
• ELA Aviacion, a Spanish gyrocopter producer
• Exit Left Apparel, a clothing business from England
• Emotion Literacy Advocates, a U.S. non-profit organization
• European Latvian Association
• Englewood Leadership Academy

In places:

• Ela (woreda), a woreda or district in Ethiopia
• Ela Township, Lake County, Illinois, an American municipality
• Parc Ela, a Swiss nature park
  • Piz Ela, a mountain therein
• Ela River, a river in the United States
• Ela Airport, now known as Naypyidaw Airport
• Ela, a town in Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
• Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, official name for the Commonweallth of Puerto Rico
• Experimental Lakes Area, a scientific study region in northwestern Ontario, Canada

In persons:

• Ela, Countess of Salisbury (1187 – 1261), English noblewoman
• Jacob Hart Ela (1820-1884), U.S. politician
• Ruslan Ela (born 1983), Equatoguinean footballer
• Jacinto Ela (born 1982), Equatoguinean footballer
• Mohamed Aboul Ela (born 1980), Egyptian footballer

In music:

• E.L.A., an album by Elastinen
• "Ela" (song), 2015 song by Barrice at the Greek selection process for Eurovision 2015
• "Ela Ela (Come Baby)", "Ela Ela" in Greek, song by Constantinos Christoforou representing Cyprus in Eurovision 2005

In other:

• East London Advertiser, a newspaper established in 1866, covering the East End of London
• Engineering Leadership Award, an RAEng award for outstanding British engineering students
• Equilibrium line altitude, see snow line
• English Language Amendment, an amendment to the United States Constitution proposed in 1981
• English Language Arts, a middle school class where children learn literature and writing skills.
• ELA, acronym for Elektroakustik Lautsprecher Anlagen (German) a low-fi European public address system which can use long wires, German origin
• ELA, short for Experience Level Agreement.
• Emergency Liquidity Assistance
• Enterprise License Agreement, as opposed to per-user or per-CPU software licenses

See also

• Elah (disambiguation)