Pala
Encyclopedia
Places
- Pala, CaliforniaPala, CaliforniaPala is a small, mostly Native American, community located in San Diego County, California near Fallbrook. It is east of Carlsbad in the San Diego-Carlsbad metro area. In the National Geographic Names Database it is officially catalogued as feature number 1661174...
, town in the United States - Pala Casino Resort and SpaPala Casino Resort and SpaPala Casino Spa and Resort is a casino and hotel located in northern San Diego County, in the state of California near I-15 in Pala on the Pala Indian Reservation...
, casino located in Pala, California - Pala, ChadPala, ChadPala is a town in Chad and the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest. The Fula language is spoken in the area. The Roman Catholic bishopric of Pala served Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture, in 1970, Pala included 116,000 of Chad's 160,000 Catholics....
, town in Chad - Pala (East Timor), town on Atauro IslandAtauro IslandAtauro Island is a small island situated 25km north of Dili, East Timor, on the extinct Wetar segment of the volcanic Inner Banda Arc, between the Indonesian islands of Alor and Wetar. Politically it comprises one of the subdistricts of the Dili District of East Timor...
, East Timor - Pala (or Palai), town in Kerala, India
- Pala LakePala LakePala Lake or Pala Tipo is the biggest lake in Mizoram state in Northeast India. Pala is a Mara word for the name of the lake while Tipo is a Mara word of Lake, it is called Palak Dil in Mizo.- Location :...
, protected wetland on Aunu'u, American Samoa
Estonia:
- Pala Parish, municipality in Jõgeva County
- Pala, Jõgeva County, village in Pala Parish, Jõgeva County
- Pala, Kõue Parish, village in Kõue Parish, Harju County
- Pala, Kuusalu ParishPala, Kuusalu ParishPala is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia....
, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County - Pala, Järva CountyPala, Järva CountyPala is a village in Türi Parish, Järva County in central Estonia....
, village in Türi Parish, Järva County
History
- Pala EmpirePala EmpireThe Pāla Empire was one of the major middle kingdoms of India existed from 750–1174 CE. It was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal in the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, all the rulers bearing names ending with the suffix Pala , which means protector. The Palas were often described...
, an empire of ancient Bengal on the Indian subcontinent - Pala, the region in Anatolia during the Bronze Age which spoke the Palaic languagePalaic languagePalaic is an extinct Indo-European language, attested in cuneiform tablets in Bronze Age Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites. Its name in Hittite is palaumnili, or "of the people of Pala"; Pala was probably to the northwest of the Hittite core area, so in the northwest of present mainland Turkey...
; it was to the northwest of Hattusa on the other side of Mount Asharpaya
Other
- Pala (album)Pala (album)Pala is the second album from British alternative dance band Friendly Fires. It was released in the UK on 16 May 2011, and charted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart...
is the second album from Friendly FiresFriendly FiresFriendly Fires are an English band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently signed to XL Recordings. Their self-titled debut album was released on 1 September 2008 and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the 2009 Mercury Prize on 21 July 2009.-History:Friendly Fires...
released in 2011. - Pala (sword), a shorter kind of Turkish sword or kilijKilijA kilij is a type of saber used by the Turks throughout history starting from late Hsiung-nu period to Avar Empire and Göktürk Khaganate, Uyghur Khaganate, Seljuk Empire, Timurid Empire, Mamluk Empire, Ottoman Empire, and later Turkic Khanates of Central Asia...
- Pala, a fictional island in Island (novel)Island (novel)Island is the final book by English writer Aldous Huxley, published in 1962. It is the account of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. Island is Huxley's utopian counterpart to his most famous work, the 1932 novel Brave New World, itself often...
, by Aldous Huxley - Pala, an Italian word meaning 'shovel, paddle, blade'; in art, it can mean an altarpieceAltarpieceAn altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych for two,...
(pala d'altare) - Pala, in Sanskrit, a term meaning 'protector'. Can refer to a form of wrathful deity, in Buddhism
- Pala, a folk-theatre form, native to OrissaOrissaOrissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
, akin to jatra of Bengal - Pala, a fictional town in Far Cry 2Far Cry 2Far Cry 2 is an open world first-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released on October 21, 2008 in North America and on October 23, 2008 in Europe and Australia. It was made available on Steam on October 22, 2008...
- PALA, the Labor and Agrarian PartyLabor and Agrarian PartyLabor and Agrarian Party is a Panamanian right-of-center political party, founded in 1960.The PALA supported the Marco Aurelio Robles administration in 1964-1968...
of Panama (Partido Laborista Agrario) - PALA, Polish American Librarians Association (PALA)
- Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, American fitness promotion program