Gala may refer to:

Music

* ''Gala'' (album), a 1990 album by the English alternative rock band Lush *'' Gala – The Collection'', a 2016 album by Sarah Brightman * GALA Choruses, an association of LGBT choral groups *''Gala'', a 1986 album by The Walker Brothers

Organizations and brands

* GALA (Gay and Lesbian Acceptance), a Missouri non-profit organization for LGBT individuals connected with the Community of Christ * Gala (supermarket), an Irish convenience store chain *

Gala Coral Group Gala Bingo is an online bingo and casino offering under the ownership of Entain. Gala Bingo was created in 1991 as a division of Bass plc. It later became an independent company, and then became the Gala Coral Group after acquiring Coral Eur ...

, a betting shop and bingo hall operator based in the United Kingdom * Gala Inc., a Japanese holding company *

Gala RFC Gala Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Founded in 1875, it plays its home games at Netherdale. The team currently competes in Scottish National League Division One, the second tier of Scottish ...

, a rugby club in Galashiels, Scotland *

Gala TV Gala TV was a bingo channel in the United Kingdom, launched in 2006 by Gala Bingo. The channel was removed from the satellite lineup in 2011. It continued as an online television channel, and in 2012 was renamed as Gala Live. Gala TV broadca ...

, a television channel *"Gala", a nickname of Turkish football club Galatasaray S.K.

People

Gala (king) Gaia (Numidian: ) (died 207 BCE) was an ancient Berber king of the Massylii,Livy, ''Ab Urbe Condita'', 24.48 an eastern Numidian tribe in North Africa. Gaia reigned during the Second Punic War of ancient Rome. He was the father of King Masinissa ...

, king of the Massylii of eastern Numidia *

Gala (singer) Gala (born Gala Rizzatto ) is an Italian pop singer and songwriter. Her debut album '' Come into My Life'' included the multiplatinum singles " Freed from Desire", " Let a Boy Cry" and " Come into My Life" which reached the Top 3 in music charts ...

, Italian singer/songwriter * Gala Dalí (1894-1982), wife of French poet Paul Éluard and Catalan painter Salvador Dalí * Gala Aleksić (born 1969), Serbian actress * Antonio Gala (born 1930), Spanish poet and novelist * Gabe Gala (born 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 *

Gala, Virginia Gala is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appala ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States * Puerto Gala, a hamlet in southern Chile *A contraction of

Galashiels Galashiels (; sco, Gallae, gd, An Geal Àth) is a town in the Scottish Borders with a population of around 12,600. Its name is often colloquially shortened to "Gala". The town is a major commercial centre for the Borders region with extensive ...

, a Border town in Scotland

Others

* Gala (apple), a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand * Gala (board game), a board game played in Thailand and Myanmar * Gala (festivity), a festival * ''Gala'' (film), a 1982 Canadian documentary film * Gala (literary prize), awarded by the Tbilisi City Assembly, Georgia * ''Gala'' (magazine), a French magazine * Gala (potato) *

Gala (priests) The Gala ( Sumerian: ''gala'', Akkadian: ''kalû'') were priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna. They made up a significant number of the personnel of both temples and palaces, the central institutions of Mesopotamian city states. Originally sp ...

, the lamenting priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna *

Gala Brand Moonraker may refer to: * Moonrakers, a colloquialism for people from Wiltshire, England ''James Bond'' media franchise * ''Moonraker'' (novel), a 1955 James Bond novel by Ian Fleming * ''Moonraker'' (film), a 1979 film based on the novel * ...

, a fictional character of the ''James Bond'' novel ''Moonraker'' (did not appear in the film version) *Gala (γάλα), a Greek word meaning ''milk''; see *

Swimming gala A swimming gala is a swimming competition between clubs or groups of swimmers, usually of young people. This term is primarily used in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and South Africa. In Australia ''swimming carnival'' is the norm. Overview In the ...

, an amateur swimming competition

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