Cela may refer to:

People

* Cela (surname), a Spanish-Galician surname *

Çela Çela is an Albanian surname. According to an article by Paskal Milo, the surname could possibly be of pagan origin. It is today the fourth most common surname in Albania. Notable people with the surname include: * Emiliano Çela Emiliano � ...

, an Albanian surname *

Camilo José Cela Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Liter ...

, Spanish writer, winner of 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature * Ćela, nickname of Stevan Nedić (1875–1923), Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia and Macedonia

Placenames and jurisdictions

Spain

* Balsa de Cela, a natural thermal spring in Lúcar, Almería * Cela, Cambre, a parish in A Coruña * Cela, León, a locality in León * Cela, O Corgo, a parish in Lugo * Cela, Outeiro de Rei, a parish in Lugo

Portugal

Cela, Alcobaça Cela is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) in the municipality of Alcobaça, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in c ...

, a parish in the Leiria district * Cela, Chaves, a parish in the municipality of Chaves

Other

* Cela, Angola, a municipality in the Cuanza-Sul province * Cella Dati, known as Céla in the Cremunés dialect, a municipality in Cremona, Italy * Coela, also known as Cela, a Roman city and diocese, now a Latin Catholic titular see *

Ekinözü Ekinözü is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 656 km2, and its population is 10,290 (2022). The town was north of the epicenter of a 7.5 earthquake on 6 February 2023—the latter of two large ea ...

, known as Cela in Kurdish, a town and district in Turkey

Biology

* CELA1, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA1 gene * CELA2A, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA2A gene * CELA2B, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA2B gene *

CELA3A Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 3A is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CELA3A'' gene. Function Elastases form a subfamily of serine proteases that hydrolyze many proteins in addition to elastin Elastin is a protein enco ...

, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA3A gene * CELA3B, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA3B gene

Other uses

* ''cela'', a French demonstrative pronoun * Cela Sculptoris, commonly known as Caelum, a faint constellation in the southern sky * Tropical Cyclone Cela, a tropical cyclone which moved across Madagascar in December 2003; see

2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season The 2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season featured the List of the most intense tropical cyclones#South-West Indian Ocean, most intense tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean, Cyclone Gafilo, as well as nine other tropical cyc ...

Canadian Environmental Law Association The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is a non-profit, public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms. It is also a free legal advisory clin ...

, non-profit, public interest organization * Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos, National Autonomous University of Mexico * A character in the film ''

The Big Brass Ring ''The Big Brass Ring'' is a 1999 drama film, starring William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Irene Jacob, Jefferson Mays and Miranda Richardson (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance). The film's script was heavily rewritten by ...

'' * A character in the video game '' Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance'' * CELA, an American professional designation for Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture