Gala

Gala may refer to:

Agriculture

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

Events and festivities

• A festival
• Swimming gala, an amateur swimming competition, often known as a swimming carnival in Australia.

Fiction, film and gaming

• 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 Rizzatto, known as Gala, an Italian singer/songwriter whose hits include "Freed from Desire" (1997) and "Come into My Life" (1997)
• GALA Choruses, an association of LGBT choral groups

Albums

• Gala, The Walker Brothers
• Gala, James Last
• Gala (album), a compilation album by the English alternative rock band Lush

Organizations and brands

• Gala (magazine), a French magazine
• 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 (although this nickname has never been used in Turkey, originating in European urban legend)
• 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
• GALA (Globalization & Localization Association), trade association for the language industry

People

• 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 Videnović (born 1969), Serbian actress
• Antonio Gala (b. 1936), Spanish poet and novelist
• Gabe Gala (b. 1989), Nigerian-born Canadian soccer player
• Rosa Gala (born 1995), Angolan basketball player

Places

• Gala, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• 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
• Gala (priests), the lamenting priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna

See also

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