Gala

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Gala may refer to:

Contents 1 Events and festivities 2 Places 3 Names, organizations, and brands 4 People 5 Fiction, film, music and gaming 6 Others

[edit] Events and festivities

• A gala, a festivity (as an adjective, e.g. "a gala event", it means "festive")
• Durham Miners' Gala, a famous gala in the north of England
• Swimming gala, an amateur swimming competition

[edit] Places

• Gala, Tibet, a village.
• A contraction of Galashiels, a Scottish Borders town in the United Kingdom, and Galashiels RFC

[edit] Names, organizations, and brands

• Gala (apple), a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand
• GALA (Gay and Lesbian Acceptance), a Missouri non-profit organization for LGBT individuals connected with the Community of Christ
• 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

[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' and 'Let a Boy a Cry'

[edit] Fiction, film, music and gaming

• Gala Brand, a fictional character of Ian Fleming's "James Bond" series novel Moonraker (did not appear in the film version)
• Gala (album), a compilation album by the English alternative rock band Lush
• Gala, a planet in the "Star Wars" expanded universe
• Gala, protagonist of the Legend of Legaia video game

[edit] Others

• Gala, a Greek word (γάλα)^{[clarification needed]} meaning "milk". (See also Milky Way and Galaxy etymology.)
• Graduated Audio Level Adjustment, using the speed pulse of the vehicle speed sensor (VSS) to adjust the volume in a car audio head unit

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

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