Ala
Ala, ALA, Alaa or Alae may refer to:
Places
- Alabama, a state in the United States
- 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
- Alae (Cilicia), a town of ancient Cilicia
Science
- Acetylated lanolin alcohol, an organic compound
- Ala of nose, in human anatomy
- 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 in human anatomy
- δ-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 (Luwian goddess), a Hittite and Luwian goddess
- 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
- American Legion Auxiliary
- Arab Liberation Army
- Arakan Liberation Army
ALA
- Acta Linguistica Asiatica, academic linguistics journal
- Active Line Access, a standard for supply of services in fibre networks
- Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva, Lamborghini's active aerodynamic system
- Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino, a former Argentinian airline; see Austral Líneas Aéreas
- African Leadership Academy
- American Leadership Academy
- Liberal Popular Alliance, an Italian political party
- Allgemeine Anzeigen GmbH
- American Latvian Association
- American Library Association
- American Literature Association
- American Lung Association
- Arizona Lutheran Academy
- Associate of the Library Association
- Association for Laboratory Automation
- Atlas of Living Australia, on online data resource for plants and animals found in Australia
- Austral Líneas Aéreas, an Argentine domestic airline
- Australian Lacrosse Association
- Australian Liberty Alliance, a political party
Codes
- Åland Islands' ISO 3166-1 country code
- Alcatel's former NYSE stock symbol
- Almaty International Airport's IATA code
People
Ala or Alaa (Arabic: علاء ‘alā’) is an Arabic male given name meaning "elevation, exaltedness, highness, loftiness, sublimity" or "honor and glory, might, power, dignity" or "prestige, greatness, noble, high in rank" or "eminence, glorious, grandeur" or "high in position and status". However, the name could be used as a female given name.
It may refer to:
- 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
- Ala ul-Haq (d. 1398), Islamic scholar of Bengal
- 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 Bakhsh, 16th-century Bengali theologian
- 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
- Ala Nemerenco (born 1959), Moldovan politician
- 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
- Alaa Abd El-Fatah, Egyptian blogger
- Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American retired professional basketball player, current broadcaster/analyst
- Alaa Batayneh, Jordanian businessman and politician
- Alaa Gatea, Iraqi footballer
- Alaa Ibrahim, Egyptian footballer
- Alaa Mubarak, Egyptian businessman
- Alaa Murabit, Canadian Physician, Commissioner
- Alaa Al Shbli, Syrian footballer
- Alaa Al-Zahra, Iraqi footballer
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
- Allocated loss adjustment expense (ALAE), a portion of a loss ratio in insurance actuarial science
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
- Alaâ, Tunisia, a town in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia
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