Kala

Kala or Kalah may refer to:

Religion

• Kāla, a Sanskrit word meaning "time" or "black"
• Kāla, an epithet of the Hindu god Yama
• Kāla, an epithet of the Hindu god Shiva
• Not to be confused with the other Hindu deities Kala Bhairava, Kala Ratri, Kala Bo, or the Indonesian Batara Kala
• Kalā, a Sanskrit word meaning "performing arts"

Art and entertainment

Films

• Kala (2021 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Rohith V. S.
• Dead Time: Kala, a 2007 Indonesian film also known as Kala

Fictional characters

• Kala (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Kala (Tarzan), a character in the Tarzan novels
• Kala, a black panther character in the animated Jungle Book
• Kala, a character in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series
• Kala, a character in Netflix original series Sense8
• King Kala, a character in Flash Gordon
  • General Kala, in the 1980 film

Music

• Kala (album), a 2007 album by British musical artist M.I.A.
  • Kala Tour, the tour associated with the album
• KALA, a 2015 album by singer/songwriter Trevor Hall
• Kala (band), a Filipino band

Other uses in art and entertainment

• Kalā, a Sanskrit word meaning "performing arts"
• Kala (choreographer), Indian choreographer
• Kalah, a game in the mancala family that is alternatively spelled Kala

Places

Kala can be an alternate spelling of qal'a ("fortress") in Persian, Turkish, etc.

Albania

• Kala e Dodës, a municipality in Dibër County

Algeria

• El Kala District, district
  • El Kala, the district seat
  • El Kala National Park, national park in El Kala District

Georgia

• Narikala, ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi

Iran

• Kala, Behshahr, Mazandaran Province
• Kalah, Hormozgan, village in Hormozgan Province
• Kala, Markazi, village
• Kala, Nur, Mazandaran Province
• Kala, Semnan, village

Kyrgyzstan

• Kala, Kyrgyzstan, village

Nigeria

• Kala, a town in Kala/Balge Local Government Area of Borno State

Norway

• Kala, Sarpsborg, small residential place

Pakistan

• Kala Board, neighbourhood in Karachi, Sindh
• Kala Gujran, town in Punjab
• Kala, Punjab, district

Tanzania

• Kala, Tanzania, port in the town of Kasanga

Other uses

• Kala (choreographer), Indian choreographer
• KALA (FM), a radio station (88.5 FM) licensed to Davenport, Iowa, United States
• KALA (AM), a defunct radio station (1400 AM) licensed to Sitka, Alaska, United States
• Kala (name) a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name)
• Kālā, the spelling in modern orthography of the native name for the Hawaiian dollar
• The Hawaiian name for the bluespine unicornfish

See also

• Kaala (disambiguation)
• Kahla (disambiguation)
• Kalaa, Algeria
• Kalas (disambiguation)
• Kalla (disambiguation)
• Cala (disambiguation)
• Qala (disambiguation) or qal'a, the Arabic word for fortress or castle
• Qalat (disambiguation), places whose names contain the words Qalat, Qelat, Kalat, Kalaat, Kalut, or Kelat
• Qila (disambiguation), a Persian (Urdu, Hindi) variant of Arabic qal'a