Ala, ALA, Alaa, or Alae may refer to:

Codes

Åland Islands Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 ...

, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code *

Åland Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 ...

, ISO 3166-1 country code * Former NYSE stock symbol of Alcatel; see

Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent S.A. () was a multinational telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France. The company focused on Fixed line telephone, fixed, Mobile phone, mobile and telecommunications convergence, ...

Almaty International Airport Almaty International Airport is an international airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is larger than Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) in Astana and is the main international gateway into the country. It is a airline hub, principal ...

, IATA code

Military

* , a US Navy tugboat *

Ala (Roman allied military unit) An ''ala'' (Latin for "wing"; ''alae'') was the term used during the middle of the Roman Republic (338–88 BC) to denote a military formation composed of conscripts from the ''socii'', Rome's Italian military allies. A normal consular army duri ...

, a Republican-period, largely infantry, formation of 5,400 men *

Ala (Roman cavalry unit) The (; ) were introduced as non-citizen troops attached to the citizen legions by Augustus after his reorganisation of the Imperial Roman army from 27 BC. By the 2nd century, the contained the same number of infantry as the legions and, ...

, an Imperial-period, purely cavalry, formation of 500 men * American Legion Auxiliary * Arab Liberation Army * Arakan Liberation Army

Mythology and religion

Ala (demon) An ala or hala (plural: ''ale'' or ''hali'') is a female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians, and Serbs. Ale are considered demons of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead Hai ...

, a female demon in Serbian mythology * Ala (Luwian goddess), a Hittite and Luwian goddess *

Ala (Odinani) Ala (also known as ''Ani'', ''Ana'', ''Ale'', and ''Ali'' in varying Igbo language, Igbo dialects) is the female Arusi, ''Alusi'' (deity) of the earth, morality, fertility, and creativity in Odinani. In Odinani, Ala rules over the underworld and ...

, an Alusi (deity) in the Odinani beliefs of the Igbo people of Nigeria

Organizations

* African Leadership Academy * Alleanza Liberalpopolare – Autonomie, an Italian political party * Allgemeine Anzeigen GmbH * American Latvian Association * American Leadership Academy * American Legion Auxiliary *

American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th century ...

American Literature Association The American Literature Association (ALA) is "a coalition of societies devoted to the study of American authors". It has some 110 affiliated societies, mostly concerned with the work of a particular author (e.g. the Emily Dickinson International ...

American Lung Association The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research. History 1904–1918: Founding The organization was ...

* Arizona Lutheran Academy *

Associate of the Library Association The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP, pronounced ) is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the United Kingdom. It was established in 2002 as a merger of th ...

Association for Laboratory Automation The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) was a scientific association, organized as a nonprofit 501(c)(3), for the medical, chemical and biological laboratory automation industry. It was the publisher of the peer-reviewed scientific journa ...

Australian Lacrosse Association Lacrosse Australia (LA) is the governing body for the sport of Lacrosse in Australia. History Lacrosse in Australia has a rich and celebrated history, and can trace its beginnings back to a letter to the editor that was sent from Lambton Moun ...

Australian Liberty Alliance Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA), briefly known as the Yellow Vest Australia (YVA) between 2019 and 2020, was a minor right-wing to far-right political party in Australia. The party was founded by members of the Q Society of Australia, Q Soc ...

, a political party

People

Ala (name) Ala or Alaa ( ) is an Arabic masculine given name meaning "elevation, exaltedness, highness, loftiness, sublimity" or "honor and glory, might, power, dignity" or "prestige, greatness, noble, high in rank" or "eminence, glorious, grandeur" or "high ...

, includes a list of people with given name or surname Ala or Alaa

Places

Ala, Hiiu County Ala is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the ...

, Estonia, a village *

Ala, Valga County Ala is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County in Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea a ...

, Estonia, a village *

Ala, Alappuzha Ala is a village in Chenganoor taluk of Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating po ...

, Kerala, India, a village *

Ala, Iran Ala () is a village in, and the capital of, Howmeh Rural District of the Central District of Semnan County, Semnan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in We ...

, a village in Semnan Province *

Ala, Gotland Ala is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Ala District, established on 1January 2016. Ala is known for the old carvings, some medieval, ...

, Sweden * Alad, Seydun or Ala, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Ala, Trentino, Italy, a comune * Alà dei Sardi, Italy, a comune *

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

, a state in the United States * Alae (Cilicia), a town of ancient Cilicia

Science

* Acetylated lanolin alcohol * Ala of nose, in human anatomy *

Alae (nematode anatomy) The alae is a protruding ridge that forms longitudinally on many nematodes. In the ''Caenorhabditis elegans'' nematode they are present in the L1, dauer larva, dauer (an alternative long living larvae stage where the nematode is dormant) and ad ...

* Ala (or A), abbreviation for

alanine Alanine (symbol Ala or A), or α-alanine, is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an amine group and a carboxylic acid group, both attached to the central carbon atom which also carries a methyl group sid ...

, an α-amino acid * Alpha lipoic acid, a nutritional supplement * Alpha-linolenic acid, an omega−3 fatty acid *

δ-aminolevulinic acid δ-Aminolevulinic acid (also dALA, δ-ALA, 5ALA or 5-aminolevulinic acid), an endogenous non-proteinogenic amino acid, is the first compound in the porphyrin synthesis pathway, the pathway that leads to heme in mammals, as well as chlorophyl ...

or δ-ALA

Other uses

* '' Acta Linguistica Asiatica'', linguistics journal * 'Alá', the last month of the Bahá'í calendar *

ALA-LC ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications The system is used to represent bibliographic information by ...

, a set of romanization standards ** Former airline Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino, merged into

Austral Líneas Aéreas Cielos del Sur S.A., operating as Austral Líneas Aéreas, was a domestic airline of Argentina, the sister company of Aerolíneas Argentinas. It was the second-largest domestic scheduled airline in the country, after Aerolíneas Argentinas. As ...

* '' Ala Mai'', 2023 heavy metal album by Polynesian band Shepherds Rein *

Atlas of Living Australia The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is an online repository of information about Australian plants, animals, and fungi. Development started in 2006. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an organisation sign ...

, an online database of Australian plants and animals *

, an Argentine domestic airline