Vala or VALA may refer to:

Religion and mythology

  • Vala (Vedic), a demon or a stone cavern in the Hindu scriptures
  • Völva, also spelled Vala, a priestess in Norse mythology and Norse paganism

Fiction

  • Vala (Middle-earth), an angelic being in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction
  • Vala Mal Doran, a fictional character in the Canadian-American television series Stargate SG-1
  • Vala (Blake), a character in the mythological writings of William Blake
  • Vala, or The Four Zoas, a poem by Blake

People

  • Vala (clan), a Rajput clan found in Gujarat in India

Surname

  • Aleš Vála (born 1973), a Czech ice hockey player
  • Asad Vala (born 1987), a Papua New Guinean cricketer
  • Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977), an American artist
  • Jorge Vala (born 1984), a Portuguese academic
  • Katri Vala (1901–1944), a Finnish poet
  • Lobat Vala (born 1930), an Iranian poet and activist
  • Numonius Vala, a Roman family name, or any of the men of that name
  • Vajubhai Vala, an Indian politician

Given name

  • Vala Flosadóttir (born 1978), an Icelandic former pole vaulter
  • Vala Chakradhar Rao (1928–1991), an Indian doctor and politician

Places

  • Vala State, a former Indian princely state during the British Raj
  • Våla Hundred, see List of hundreds of Sweden
  • 131 Vala, an asteroid discovered in 1873 named after Völva

Other uses

  • Vala (programming language), a programming language targeting GNOME's object system
  • VALA, Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc., an Australian not-for-profit organisation
  • Vala GSM, a mobile operator in Kosovo
  • Vala halt, a closed railway station in the municipality of Silves, Portugal
  • BAW Vala, an electric camper van

See also

  • Wala (disambiguation)
  • Val (disambiguation)
  • Valan (disambiguation)
  • Valo (disambiguation)
  • Vola (disambiguation)
  • Volo (disambiguation)
  • Valar (disambiguation)
  • Vela (disambiguation)
  • Velar (caste), a caste in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu