Gala

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[1] (in German)

    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], 2025–2030

    Turkish

    Etymology

    Clipping of Galatasaray.

    Proper noun

    Gala

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