Pala

Pala may refer to:

Places

• 1921 Pala, the asteroid Pala, a main-belt asteroid, the 1921st asteroid registered

Chad

• Pala, Chad, the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest
• Pala Airport, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest

Estonia

• Pala, Kose Parish, village in Kose Parish, Harju County
• Pala, Kuusalu Parish, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County
• Pala, Järva County, village in Türi Parish, Järva County
• Pala, Jõgeva County, village in Peipsiääre Parish, Jõgeva County
• Pala Parish, former rural municipality in Jõgeva County

India

• Pala, Kerala, a town in the state of Kerala
• Pala (State Assembly constituency), Kerala
• Pala dynasty (disambiguation), several historical ruling groups
  • Pala Empire, an imperial power originating in Bengal during the Late Classical period, 750–1161
• Pala Lake, English name for Palak Dil, a large lake in the state of Mizoram, Northeast India

Switzerland

• Pala Castle, San Vittore, Graubünden; a tower

Turkey

• Palā or Pala: a Bronze Age country in northern Anatolia,
  • where the extinct Palaic language (or Palaumnili), a part of the Indo-European language family, was spoken.

United States

• Pala Indian Reservation, San Luis Rey River Valley, San Diego County, California
• Pala, California, a small community in the Pala Indian Reservation within San Diego County
• Pala Casino Resort and Spa, a casino located in Pala, California
• Pala Road, San Diego County, California; a state road

Fictional locations

• Pala, a fictional island in Aldous Huxley's Island (Huxley novel)
• Pala, a fictional town in Far Cry 2, a video game

People

• Pala (surname), a list of people with the name
• Pala. Karuppiah (born 1943 as Chinna Karuppiah), Indian politician
• Pala Narayanan Nair (1911–2008), Indian poet

Groups, organizations

• Pala Hamburger, a Chinese fast-food chain
• Labor and Agrarian Party (PALA; Spanish: Partido Laborista Agrario), Panama; a political party
• Pennsylvania Library Association, a professional association for librarians
• Poetics and Linguistics Association, an international academic association

Arts, entertainment, media

• Pala (album), a 2011 album by Friendly Fires
  • "Pala" (song), a 2011 song by Friendly Fires, the title track off the eponymous album Pala (album)
• Pala (folk art), a folk-theatre form native to Odisha, India

Other

• Pala, a short kind of Turkish sword or kilij
• Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, part of the American President's Challenge

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Pala
• All pages with titles containing Pala
• Pal (disambiguation)
• Palai (disambiguation)
• Palas (disambiguation)
• Palla (disambiguation)
• Palan (disambiguation)
• Palar (disambiguation)
• Pallar, a caste of Tamil Nadu, India
• Pala Pala (Chinese: 趴啦趴拿, romanized: Para Para), 2001 album by Ruby Lin
  • "Pala Pala" (Chinese: 叭啦叭拿, romanized: Para Para, lit. 'PaLaPaNa'), 2001 song by Ruby Lin, the title track off the eponymous album Pala Pala