gala adj : offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gala(a), gay, festal, festive, merry] n : a gay festivity [syn: gala affair, jamboree, blowout]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

Noun

gala

1. Pomp, show, or festivity.

Translations

• Finnish: gaala
• Swedish: gala

Faroese

Verb

gala

1. to crow (chicken)

Icelandic

Etymology

From the word gallus meaning "chicken". From the greek word 'γάλα' (gala) meaning milk.

Verb

gala

1. to crow

See also

• gaggala gaggala gú

Irish

Pronunciation

• lang=ga|[ˈɡal̪ˠə]

Noun

1. nominative plural of gal

Swedish

Noun

sv-noun-reg-or gal gala

1. gala; festival

Derived terms

• popgala
• rockgala
• tv-gala
• insamlingsgala
• galamiddag

Verb

gala

1. to make a sound characteristic of a rooster; to crow

Gala may refer to:

• A gala, a festivity (as an adjective, e.g. "a gala event", it means "festive")
• Gala, Tibet, a village
• Gala, a Greek word (γάλα) meaning "milk". (See also Milky Way and Galaxy etymology.)
• Gala (apple), a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand

Specific events and event types

• Durham Miners' Gala, a famous gala in the north of England
• Swimming gala, an amateur swimming competition

Organization, company and brand names

• GALA, the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)
• Gala Group, a betting shop (Coral) and bingo hall (Gala Bingo) operator based in the United Kingdom
• Gala TV, the television channel produced by Gala Bingo
• GALA Choruses, an association of GLBT choral groups
• Gala RFC, a rugby club in Galashiels, Scotland
• "Gala", the nickname of Galatasaray S.K., a football (soccer) club in Turkey

People

• Gala, King of the Masaesyles of eastern Numidia
• Gala Dalí (1894–1982), the wife of French poet Paul Éluard and Catalan painter Salvador Dalí
• Gala Darling (b. 1983), fashion writer
• Antonio Gala (b. 1936), Spanish poet and novelist.
• Gala (singer), New York-based singer/songwriter whose hits include 'Freed from Desire', 'Let a Boy a Cry', 'Come into my Life', 'Faraway', 'Tough Love'

See also Galla Placidia, Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Theodosius the Great.

Fiction, film and gaming

• Gala Brand, a fictional character of Ian Fleming's "James Bond" series novel Moonraker (did not appear in the film version)
• Gala, a planet in the "Star Wars" expanded universe
• Gala, protagonist of the Legend of Legaia video game

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