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Gala may refer to:

Agriculture

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)
  • Gala (game)

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

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

People

Places

Others

  • Gala (γάλα), a Greek word 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
  • Gala RFC, a rugby union club based in Galashiels

See also

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