Mala may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Mala (Amazon) Mala is the name of two fictional characters in DC Comics, both associated with the Amazons (DC Comics), Amazons and the Wonder Woman mythos. The first Mala, introduced in the Golden Age of Comic Books, Golden Age, is a Themyscira (DC Comics), The ...

, an Amazon from Wonder Woman's side of the DC Universe * Mala (Kryptonian), a villain from Superman's corner of the DC Universe

Films and television

* ''Mala'' (1941 film), a Bollywood drama film * , a Yugoslav drama film with Danilo Stojković * ''Mala'' (2013 film), an Argentine crime film

Music

* '' Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou'', a 2002 Greek soundtrack album by Anna Vissi ** "Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou" (song), a song from the album * ''Mala'' (Yolandita Monge album), 2008 ** "Mala" (Yolandita Monge song), a song from the album * ''Mala'' (Devendra Banhart album), 2013 * "Mala" (6ix9ine song), 2018 * "Mala", a song by Maluma from ''Magia'' (Maluma album), 2012 * "Mala", a song by Peso Pluma from '' Éxodo'', 2024 * Mala Records, a record label

Languages

* Mala language, a Papuan language * Mala language (Nigeria), a language of Nigeria

People

Given name

* Mala (Pakistani singer) (1939–1990), Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films *

Mala Aravindan Mala Aravindan (15 January 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films. He has acted in over 500 films. Early life Aravindan was born at Vadavucode in th ...

(1939–2015), Malayalam film actor * Mala Gaonkar (born 1969), American businessperson *

Mala Htun Mala Nani Htun (August 23, 1969 – January 24, 2025) was an American political scientist. She was a professor of political science at the University of New Mexico. Htun studied comparative politics, particularly women's rights and the politi ...

(1969 or 1970–2025), American political scientist * Mala Kachalla (1941–2007), former governor of Borno State in Nigeria * Mala Powers (1931–2007), American actress * Mala Rodríguez, also known as La Mala, La Mala María, Spanish hip hop rapper * Mala Roy, Indian politician * Mala Sinha (born 1936), Indian actress * Mala Zimetbaum (1922–1944), Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent executed for escaping from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

Nickname

* Malá (footballer) (born 1979), Bissau-Guinean football midfielder * Mala (musician), a member of Deep Dub duo Digital Mystikz

Surname

* Doueugui Mala (born 1993), Ivorian footballer * Esat Mala (born 1998), Albanian footballer * Ray Mala (1906–1952), Native American movie actor * Shormi Mala, Bangladeshi stage, television and film actress * Zef Mala (1915–1979), Albanian publicist and communist activist

Places

Asia

* Mala, Homalin, a village in Burma * Mala, Kerala, a village in southern India * Mala, Nepal, a village and village development committee * Mala, a village in Jaghori District, Ghazni, Afghanistan

Europe

* Mała, a village in Poland * Mäla, a village in western Estonia * Mala, Sweden, a village * Malå Municipality, in northern Sweden * Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, a town

South America

* Mala District, Peru ** Mala, Cañete Province, capital of the district

Elsewhere

* Mala, Lanzarote, a village in the Canary Islands * Malaita or Mala, an island of the Solomon Islands

Other uses

* Chera dynasty or Mala, South India * Cyclone Mala, a cyclonic storm that killed 22 people in Myanmar in 2006 * Japamala, also known as mala, a loop of prayer beads commonly used in several Indian religions *

Mala (caste) Mala is a Telugu people, Telugu caste from the Indian States and union territories of India, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are also present in smaller numbers in the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra. They are classified as a ...

or Mala community, from Andhra Pradesh * Mala (river), a small tributary of the Danube in Romania * Mala (seasoning) (麻辣, or ''málà''), a numbing and spicy Chinese seasoning made from Sichuan pepper * Malå IF, Swedish football club located in Malå in Västerbotten County * Mala story, an Aboriginal Dreamtime story of central Australia * Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA) * Metropolis-adjusted Langevin algorithm (MALA), a Markov chain Monte Carlo method * Rufous hare-wallaby or mala, a small wallaby native to Australia * R-1 and R-2 Mala-class swimmer delivery vehicle, a Yugoslav (later Croatian) vessel type