Ala, ALA, Alaa, or Alae may refer to:

Codes

  • Åland Islands, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code
  • Åland, ISO 3166-1 country code
  • Former NYSE stock symbol of Alcatel; see Alcatel-Lucent
  • Almaty International Airport, IATA code

Military

  • , 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

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

Organizations

  • African Leadership Academy
  • Alleanza Liberalpopolare – Autonomie, an Italian political party
  • Allgemeine Anzeigen GmbH
  • American Latvian Association
  • American Leadership Academy
  • American Legion Auxiliary
  • American Library Association
  • American Literature Association
  • American Lung Association
  • Arizona Lutheran Academy
  • Associate of the Library Association
  • Association for Laboratory Automation
  • Australian Lacrosse Association
  • Australian Liberty Alliance, a political party

People

  • Ala (name), includes a list of people with given name or surname Ala or Alaa

Places

  • 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, Sweden
  • Alad, Seydun or Ala, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Ala, Trentino, Italy, a comune
  • Alà dei Sardi, Italy, a comune
  • Alabama, a state in the United States
  • Alae (Cilicia), a town of ancient Cilicia

Science

  • Acetylated lanolin alcohol
  • Ala of nose, in human anatomy
  • Alae (nematode anatomy)
  • Ala (or A), abbreviation for alanine, an α-amino acid
  • Alpha lipoic acid, a nutritional supplement
  • Alpha-linolenic acid, an omega−3 fatty acid
  • δ-aminolevulinic acid or δ-ALA

Other uses

  • Acta Linguistica Asiatica, linguistics journal
  • 'Alá', the last month of the Bahá'í calendar
  • ALA-LC, a set of romanization standards
  • Former airline Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino, merged into Austral Líneas Aéreas
  • Ala Mai, 2023 heavy metal album by Polynesian band Shepherds Reign
  • Atlas of Living Australia, an online database of Australian plants and animals
  • Austral Líneas Aéreas, an Argentine domestic airline

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