Pala

Pala may refer to:

Places

• Pala, California, town in the United States
• Pala Casino Resort and Spa, casino located in Pala, California
• Pala, Chad, town in Chad
• Pala (East Timor), town on Atauro Island, East Timor
• Pala (or Palai), town in Kerala, India
• Pala Lake, protected wetland on Aunu'u, American Samoa

Estonia

• Pala Parish, municipality in Jõgeva County
• Pala, Jõgeva County, village in Pala Parish, Jõgeva County
• Pala, Kõue Parish, village in Kõue Parish, Harju County
• Pala, Kuusalu Parish, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County
• Pala, Järva County, village in Türi Parish, Järva County

History

• Pala Empire, an empire of ancient Bengal on the Indian subcontinent
• Pala, the region in Anatolia during the Bronze Age which spoke the Palaic language; it was to the northwest of Hattusa on the other side of Mount Asharpaya

Other

• Pala (album) is the second album from Friendly Fires released in 2011.
• Pala (sword), a shorter kind of Turkish sword or kilij
• Pala, a fictional island in Island (novel), by Aldous Huxley
• Pala, an Italian word meaning 'shovel, paddle, blade'; in art, it can mean an altarpiece (pala d'altare)
• Pala, in Sanskrit, a term meaning 'protector'. Can refer to a form of wrathful deity, in Buddhism
• Pala, a folk-theatre form, native to Orissa, akin to jatra of Bengal
• Pala, a fictional town in Far Cry 2
• PALA, the Labor and Agrarian Party of Panama (Partido Laborista Agrario)
• PALA, Polish American Librarians Association (PALA)
• Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, American fitness promotion program

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