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, former rural municipality in Jõgeva County

India

Pala, Kerala Pala () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located north of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, ...

, a town in the state of Kerala * Pala (State Assembly constituency) *

Pala dynasty (disambiguation) Pala dynasty may refer to: * Pala Empire (750–1174), Indian imperial power ruled by a dynasty centered in present-day Bengal * Kamboja Pala dynasty, rulers of parts of the Bengal in the 10th to 11th centuries * Pala dynasty (Kamarupa) T ...

, several historical ruling groups *

Pala Empire The Pāla Empire was the empire ruled by the Pala dynasty, ("protector" in Sanskrit) a medieval Indian dynasty which ruled the kingdom of Gauda Kingdom, Gauda. The empire was founded with the election of Gopala, Gopāla by the chiefs of Kingdo ...

, an imperial power originating in Bengal during the Late Classical period *Pala Lake, English name for Palak Dil, a large lake in the state of Mizoram, Northeast India

Turkey

* Palā 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, 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 ...

'', a video game

Other

* ''Pala'' (album), a 2011 album by Friendly Fires * Pala (folk art), a folk-theatre form native to Odisha, India * Pala (surname), a list of people with the name * Pala, a short kind of Turkish sword or

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

, an empire and dynasty on the Indian subcontinent, 750–1161 * Pala Hamburger, a Chinese fast-food chain *

Labor and Agrarian Party Labor and Agrarian Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Laborista Agrario'', PALA) was a Panamanian right-of-center political party, founded in 1960. The PALA supported the Marco Aurelio Robles administration in 1964-1968. In 1968 it allied with the Peo ...

(''Partido Laborista Agrario''), Panama * Pennsylvania Library Association *

Poetics and Linguistics Association The Poetics and Linguistics Association is an international academic association which exists to promote the research, teaching and learning in the study of linguistic style and the language of literature. The Poetics and Linguistics Association is ...

* Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, part of the American President's Challenge