Ala

Ala

Places

• Ala., abbreviation of Alabama, a state in the U.S.
• Ala, Hiiu County, Estonia, a village
• Ala, Valga County, Estonia, a village
• Ala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, a village
• Ala, Iran, a village in Semnan Province
• Ala, Gotland, a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland
• Ala, alternate name of Alad, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Ala, Trentino, Italy, a comune
• Alà dei Sardi (in Sardinian: Alà), Italy, a comune

Science

• Acetylated lanolin alcohol
• Alae (anatomy) or ala, a feature of the anatomy of many nematodes worms
• Alanine, an α-amino acid
• Alpha lipoic acid, a nutritional supplement
• Alpha-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid
• Ala, the alar part of a nasalis muscle
• D-Aminolevulinic acid or δ-ALA
• Members of the P4-ATPase family in Arabidopsis thaliana: Aminophospholipid ATPase (ALA)

Mythology and religion

• Ala (demon), a female demon in Serbian mythology
• Ala (Odinani), an Alusi (deity) in the Odinani beliefs of the Igbo people of Nigeria

Military

• USS Ala (YT-139), a US Navy tugboat
• Ala (Roman allied military unit), a Republican-period, largely infantry, formation of 5,400 men
• Ala (Roman cavalry unit), an Imperial-period, purely cavalry, formation of 500 men

ALA

• Active Line Access, a standard for supply of services in fibre networks
• Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino, a former Argentinian airline – see Austral Líneas Aéreas
• African Leadership Academy
• Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies (Alleanza Liberalpopolare – Autonomie), an Italian political alliance
• Allgemeine Anzeigen GmbH
• American Latvian Association
• American Legion Auxiliary
• American Library Association
• American Literature Association
• American Lung Association
• Arab Liberation Army
• Arakan Liberation Army
• Arizona Lutheran Academy
• Association for Laboratory Automation
• Austral Líneas Aéreas, an Argentine domestic airline
• Australian Lacrosse Association
• Automobile Legal Association, a former American automobile club similar to the AAA

Codes

• Åland Islands' ISO 3166-1 country code
• Alcatel's former NYSE stock symbol
• Almaty International Airport's IATA code

People

• Ala al-Din Atsiz (died 1214), Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty from 1213 to 1214
• Ala al-Din Ali, last Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty, from 1214 to 1215
• Kayqubad I or Alā ad-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykāvūs (1188–1237), Seljuq Sultan of Rûm
• Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashq, or Ibn al-Nafis, (1213–1288), Arab Muslim polymath
• Ata-Malik Juvayni (in full: Ala al-Din Ata-ullah) (1226–1283), Persian historian
• Alā ud-Dīn Atsiz, Khwarazm Shah from 1127 until his death in 1156
• Ala ad-Din Tekish, (died 1200), Khwarazm Shah from 1172
• Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of Khwarezm (died 1221), Khwarazm Shah from 1200
• Ala ud din Masud, Sultan of Delhi from 1242 to 1246
• Ala ud-Daula Simnani (1261–1336), Persian Sūfī, writer and teacher
• Ala Al-Kuwaikabi (born 1980), Saudi Arabian former footballer
• Ala Al-Sasi (born 1987), Yemeni footballer
• Ala Bashir (born 1939), Iraqi painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon
• Ala Boratyn (born 1992), Polish singer also known as simply Ala
• Ala Mândâcanu (born 1954), Moldovan politician and journalist
• Weld El 15, Tunisian rapper born Ala Yaacoubi
• Efkan Ala (born 1965), Turkish civil servant and government minister
• Hossein Ala' (1882–1964), former prime minister of Iran

Other uses

• ‘Alá’, the last month of the Bahá'í calendar
• A List Apart, a webzine for web designers
• ALA, the short name of the Alaska Aces, a team at the Philippine Basketball Association

See also

• à la, French for 'in the style/manner of' commonly used in English
• Al-Ala, the 87th chapter of the Qur'an
• Ala Industrial Zone, Iran, a village
• Ala dağları, a mountain range in the Taurus chain, Turkey
• Ala railway station, Pakistan
• Allah, Arabic name for God