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

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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, 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), 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 * Arizona Lutheran Academy * Associate of the Library Association * Association for Laboratory Automation * Australian Lacrosse Association * Australian Liberty Alliance, a political party

People

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

Places

* Ala, Hiiu County, 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, Kerala, India, a village * Ala, Iran, a village in Semnan Province * Ala, Gotland, 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) * 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 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 * '' Ala Mai'', 2023 heavy metal album by Polynesian band Shepherds Rein * Atlas of Living Australia, an online database of Australian plants and animals * Austral Líneas Aéreas, an Argentine domestic airline