Pala may refer to:

Places

Chad

* Pala, Chad, the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest

Estonia

* Pala, Kose Parish, village in Kose Parish, Harju County * Pala, Kuusalu Parish, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County * Pala, Järva County, village in Türi Parish, Järva County * Pala, Jõgeva County, village in Peipsiääre Parish, Jõgeva County *

Pala Parish Pala Parish ( et, Pala vald) is a former rural municipality in eastern Estonia. It was a part of Jõgeva County. The municipality had a population of 1,363 (as of 1 January 2004) and covered an area of 156.71 km². The population density wa ...

, former rural municipality in Jõgeva County

India

Pala, Kerala Pala () is a town and a municipality in Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of the Meenachil taluk and the Pala Revenue Division. Pala is situated on the banks of the Meenachil river. It is one of the main gateways to ...

, a town in the state of Kerala *

Pala (State Assembly constituency) Pala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituenc ...

Pala dynasty (disambiguation) The Pāla Empire (r. 750-1161 CE) was an imperial power during the post-classical period in the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the region of Bengal. It is named after its ruling dynasty, whose rulers bore names ending with the suffi ...

, several historical ruling groups *

Pala Empire The Pāla Empire (r. 750-1161 CE) was an imperial power during the post-classical period in the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the region of Bengal. It is named after its ruling dynasty, whose rulers bore names ending with the suffi ...

, an imperial power originating in Bengal during the Late Classical period *Pala Lake, English name for

Palak Dil Palak Dil or Pala Tipo (Mara language for "swallowing lake") is the largest and biggest lake in Mizoram, northeast India. It is located near Phura village in Saiha district, within the Mara Autonomous District Council in the southern most distric ...

, a large lake in the state of Mizoram, Northeast India

Turkey

Palā Pala (cuneiform ''pa-la-a'') was a Bronze Age country in Northern Anatolia. Little is known of Pala except its native Palaic language and its native religion. The only known person of Palaic origin was the ritual priestess Anna. Their language sha ...

or Pala: a Bronze Age country in northern Anatolia, ** where the extinct

Palaic language Palaic is an extinct Indo-European language, attested in cuneiform tablets in Bronze Age Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites. Palaic, which was apparently spoken mainly in northern Anatolia, is generally considered to be one of four primary sub ...

(or ''Palaumnili''), a part of the Indo-European language family, was spoken.

United States

* Pala, California, a small community in the Pala Indian Reservation within San Diego County *

Pala Casino Resort and Spa Pala Casino Spa and Resort is a hotel casino and spa located in Pala on the Pala Indian Reservation northeast of San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by the Pala Band of Mission Indians, a federally recognized tribe. The casino has ...

, a casino located in Pala, California

Fiction

* Pala, a fictional island in Aldous Huxley's ''Island'' (Huxley novel) * Pala, a fictional town in ''

Far Cry 2 ''Far Cry 2'' is a 2008 first-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A top-down shooter version for mobile phones was developed and published by Gameloft. It is th ...

'', a video game

Other

* ''Pala'' (album), the second album from Friendly Fires, released in 2011. * Pala (surname), a list of people with the surname ''Pala'' * Pala (sword), a short kind of Turkish sword or

kilij A kilij (from Turkish ''kılıç'', literally "sword") or a pusat is a type of one-handed, single-edged and moderately curved scimitar used by the Seljuk Empire, Timurid Empire, Mamluk Empire, Ottoman Empire, and other Turkic khanates of Eu ...

, an empire and dynasty on the Indian subcontinent, founded in 750 * Pala Hamburger, a Chinese fast-food chain * Pala (folk art), a folk-theatre form, native to the Indian state Odisha, akin to jatra (Bengal) * PaLA or Pennsylvania Library Association * PALA or ''Partido Laborista Agrario'', the Labor and Agrarian Party of Panama * PALA, the Poetics and Linguistics Association, an international academic association that supports studies of linguistic and literary styles * PALA, Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, one of the awards given as part of the President's Challenge in the United States