Ala

Ala or Alae may refer to:

Places

Science
  • Acetylated lanolin alcohol
  • Ala of nose
  • Alae (anatomy) or ala, a feature of the anatomy of many nematodes worms
  • Alanine, an α-amino acid
  • Alpha lipoic acid, a nutritional supplement
  • Alpha-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid
  • Ala, the alar part of a nasalis muscle
  • δ-aminolevulinic acid or δ-ALA
  • Members of the P4-ATPase family in Arabidopsis thaliana: Aminophospholipid ATPase (ALA)

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

Military

ALA

Codes

People
  • Ala al-Din Atsiz (died 1214), Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty from 1213 to 1214
  • Ala al-Din Ali, last Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty, from 1214 to 1215
  • Kayqubad I or Alā ad-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykāvūs (1188–1237), Seljuq Sultan of Rûm
  • Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashq, or Ibn al-Nafis, (1213–1288), Arab Muslim polymath
  • Ata-Malik Juvayni (in full: Ala al-Din Ata-ullah) (1226–1283), Persian historian
  • Alā ud-Dīn Atsiz, Khwarazm Shah from 1127 until his death in 1156
  • Ala ad-Din Tekish, (died 1200), Khwarazm Shah from 1172
  • Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of Khwarezm (died 1221), Khwarazm Shah from 1200
  • Ala ud din Masud, Sultan of Delhi from 1242 to 1246
  • Ala ud-Daula Simnani (1261–1336), Persian Sūfī, writer and teacher
  • Ala Al-Kuwaikabi (born 1980), Saudi Arabian former footballer
  • Ala Al-Sasi (born 1987), Yemeni footballer
  • Ala Bashir (born 1939), Iraqi painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon
  • Ala Boratyn (born 1992), Polish singer also known as simply Ala
  • Ala Mândâcanu (born 1954), Moldovan politician and journalist
  • Weld El 15, Tunisian rapper born Ala Yaacoubi
  • Efkan Ala (born 1965), Turkish civil servant and government minister
  • Hossein Ala' (1882–1964), former prime minister of Iran
  • Alaa Abd El-Fatah, Egyptian blogger
  • Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American retired professional basketball player, current broadcaster/analyst
  • Alaa Batayneh, Jordanian businessman and politician
  • Alaa Gatea, Iraqi footballer
  • Alaa Ibrahim, Egyptian footballer
  • Alaa Mubarak, Egyptian businessman
  • Alaa Murabit, Canadian Physician, Commissioner
  • Alaa Al Shbli, Syrian footballer
  • Alaa Al-Zahra, Iraqi footballer

Other uses
  • 'Alá', the last month of the Bahá'í calendar
  • A List Apart, a webzine for web designers
  • ALA, the short name of the Alaska Aces, a team at the Philippine Basketball Association
  • Allocated loss adjustment expense (ALAE), a portion of a loss ratio in insurance actuarial science
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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
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