Gala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gala"

English

Gala apples.

Pronunciation

• (place): IPA^(key): /ˈɡælə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (apple): IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪlə/, /ˈɡælə/, /ˈɡɑːlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Gala

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

Related terms

• Gala Water

Noun

Gala (plural Galas)

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

See also

• Gala apples on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gaal, agal, alga

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːla/

• Audio:

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Noun

Gala f (genitive Gala, plural Galas)

1. gala

Declension

Declension of Gala [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gala	die	Galas
genitive	einer	der	Gala	der	Galas
dative	einer	der	Gala	den	Galas
accusative	eine	die	Gala	die	Galas

Etymology 2

Proper noun

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

1. (soccer) Galatasaray S.K.

Declension

Declension of Gala [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Gala
genitive	des	Galas, Gala1
dative	dem	Gala
accusative	das	Gala

¹Optionally with an article.

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.la/, [ˈɡäɫ̪ä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.la/, [ˈɡäːlä]

Proper noun

Gala m sg (genitive Galae); first declension

1. A king of Numidia and father of Masinissa

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gala
Genitive	Galae
Dative	Galae
Accusative	Galam
Ablative	Galā
Vocative	Gala

References

• “Gala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: Ga‧la
• Homophone: gala

Proper noun

Gala m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Gala

	singular	plural
nominative	Gala	Galowie
genitive	Gali	Galów
dative	Gali	Galom
accusative	Galę	Galów
instrumental	Galą	Galami
locative	Gali	Galach
vocative	Galo	Galowie

Proper noun

Gala f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Gala

	singular	plural
nominative	Gala	Gale
genitive	Gali	Gal
dative	Gali	Galom
accusative	Galę	Gale
instrumental	Galą	Galami
locative	Gali	Galach
vocative	Galo	Gale