Gala

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Gala may refer to:

• A gala, a festivity (as an adjective, e.g. "a gala event", it means "festive")
• Gala, Guinea
• Gala, Tibet, a village
• Gala, a Greek word (γάλα)^{[clarification needed]} meaning "milk". (See also Milky Way and Galaxy etymology.)
• Gala (apple), a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand
• Graduated Audio Level Adjustment, using the speed pulse of the vehicle speed sensor (VSS) to adjust the volume in a car audio head unit
• A contraction of Galashiels, a Scottish Borders town in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Specific events and event types 2 Organization, company and brand names 3 People 4 Fiction, film and gaming

[edit] Specific events and event types

• Durham Miners' Gala, a famous gala in the north of England
• Gala, a traditional annual event held in towns and villages throughout Scotland involving a Gala Queen and King chosen from local primary school pupils and involving a gala parade, events and games
• Swimming gala, an amateur swimming competition

[edit] Organization, company and brand names

• GALA (Gay and Lesbian Acceptance), a Missouri non-profit organization for LGBT individuals connected with the Community of Christ
• GALA (Gay Atheists League of America)
• Gala Group, a betting shop (Coral) and bingo hall (Gala Bingo) operator based in the United Kingdom
• Gala (supermarket), an Irish convenience store chain
• Gala TV, the television channel produced by Gala Bingo
• GALA Choruses, an association of GLBT choral groups
• Globalization and Localization Association, an international non-profit organization that promotes translation to facilitate globalization
• Gala RFC, a rugby club in Galashiels, Scotland
• "Gala", the nickname of Galatasaray S.K., a football club in Turkey
• Gala (weekly), a Polish lifestyle weekly for women

[edit] People

• Gala (King of the Massylii), King of the Massylii of eastern Numidia
• Gala Dalí (1894–1982), the wife of French poet Paul Éluard and Catalan painter Salvador Dalí
• Antonio Gala (b. 1936), Spanish poet and novelist
• Gala (singer), New York-based Italian singer/songwriter whose hits include 'Freed from Desire', 'Let a Boy a Cry', 'Come into my Life', 'Faraway', 'Tough Love'

See also Galla Placidia, Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Theodosius the Great.

[edit] Fiction, film and gaming

• Gala Brand, a fictional character of Ian Fleming's "James Bond" series novel Moonraker (did not appear in the film version)
• Gala (magazine), a French magazine with primarily celebrity and lifestyles stories and photographs
• Gala, a planet in the "Star Wars" expanded universe
• Gala, protagonist of the Legend of Legaia video game

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