gala

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see also: Gala

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡɑːlə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɡælə/, /ˈɡeɪlə/, /ˈɡɑːlə/

Adjective

gala (not comparable)

1. Celebratory; festive.

Translations

• Italian: gala
• Portuguese: festivo
• Russian: пра́здничный
• Spanish: de gala

Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
2. (countable) A showy and festive party.

Translations

• French: gala, fête
• Portuguese: gala
• Russian: торжество́
• Spanish: gala; fiesta

Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. (historical) A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
   • 2008, Uri Gabbay, The Akkadian word for "third gender" / the kalû (gala) once again, in Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18-22, 2005 (edited by Robert D. Biggs, Jennie Myers, Martha Tobi Roth), page 50:

     (6) Some galas/kalûs are mentioned in Pre-Sargonic and Old Babylonian texts in connection with classes of women, maids, and ḫarimtu-women.

     (7) The gala is sometimes mentioned in the same context with other functionaries [...]

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Gala

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Proper noun

1. Galashiels, a town in Scotland.

Noun

gala (plural galas)

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

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