Gala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gala"

English

Pronunciation

  • (place): IPA(key): /ˈɡælə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (apple): IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪlə/, /ˈɡælə/, /ˈɡɑːlə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Etymology 1

Clipping of Galashiels.

Proper noun

Gala

  1. (informal) Galashiels, a town in Scotland.

Etymology 2

Noun

Gala (plural Galas)

  1. A type of apple, a cross-pollination between Kidd's Orange Red and Golden Delicious.
Translations

See also

Etymology 3

From Turkish Gala.

Proper noun

Gala

  1. (sports) Galatasaray S.K. (a Turkish sports club best known for its football team)

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡala]

Proper noun

Gala m anim (female equivalent Galová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Gala”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːla/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Gala f (genitive Gala, plural Galas)

  1. gala
Declension

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Gala n (proper noun, genitive Galas or (optionally with an article) Gala)

  1. (soccer) Galatasaray S.K.
Declension

Further reading

  • Gala” in Duden online
  • Gala” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡa.ɫa]

Proper noun

Gala m sg (genitive Galae); first declension

  1. A king of Numidia and father of Masinissa

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Gala
genitive Galae
dative Galae
accusative Galam
ablative Galā
vocative Gala

References

Polish

Etymology

From Gallus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: Ga‧la
  • Homophone: gala

Proper noun

Gala m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Gala f

  1. a female surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Gala”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Turkish

Etymology

Clipping of Galatasaray.

Proper noun

Gala

  1. (sports) Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (a sports club from Istanbul best known for its football team)