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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Etymology 1

Clipping of Galashiels.

Proper noun

Gala

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

Related terms

• Gala Water

Etymology 2

Noun

Gala (plural Galas)

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

Translations

a type of apple

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 加拿, 加拿果

See also

• Gala apples on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

From Turkish Gala.

Proper noun

Gala

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

Anagrams

• Gaal, agal, alga

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

Declension of Gala (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Gala	Galové
genitive	Galy	Galů
dative	Galovi	Galům
accusative	Galu	Galy
vocative	Galo	Galové
locative	Galovi	Galech
instrumental	Galou	Galy

Further reading

• “Gala”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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^[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]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.la]

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

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

Polish

Etymology

From Gallus.

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 (traditional married form Galina, traditional unmarried form Galanka)

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

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)