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gala

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɑːlə/
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/ˈɡɑːlə/ · /ˈɡælə/ (US) · /ˈɡeɪlə/ (US) · /ˈɡɑlə/ (US) · /ˈɡælə/ · /ˈɡeɪlə/

Definition of gala

9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Celebratory; festive.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Celebratory; festive.

noun

  1. (uncountable)Pomp, show, or festivity.
  2. A competition
    “a swimming gala”
  3. (countable)A showy and festive party.
  4. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
  5. (historical)A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
    “(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 …”
  6. A type of apple, a cross-pollination between Kidd's Orange Red and Golden Delicious.

name

  1. (informal)Galashiels, a town in Scotland.
  2. Galatasaray S.K. (a Turkish sports club best known for its football team)

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Etymology

From French gala, or directly from that word's etymon, which is either Italian gala, or Spanish gala, both meaning "festive occasion", and derived from Old French gale (“rejoicing”). (The French word likely kept the final -a to avoid homophony with gale (“scabies”).) Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).

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