Mola

Mola can refer to:

Places

Mola di Bari, a city in Apulia, Southern Italy
Alcocero de Mola, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain
Lake Mola, a lake on the southwest of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia
a regency in the Subdistrict of Maluku in Indonesia

Mountains

Mola de Colldejou, a mountain chain in Catalonia, Spain
Mola dels Quatre Termes, a mountain in Catalonia, Spain
Mola del Guerxet, a mountain in Catalonia, Spain
Mola Gran, a mountain in the Valencian Community, Spain
Mola de Llaberia, a mountain in Catalonia, Spain
Molacima, a mountain in Catalonia, Spain

Biology

Mola (fish), a genus of fish in the family Molidae
- Ocean sunfish (Mola mola or common mola), a fish species in the genus
Amblypharyngodon mola, a fish species in the genus Amblypharyngodon found in Asia
Mylochromis mola, the mola hap, a species of fish in the family Cichlidae

People

Mola Ram (1743–1833), an Indian painter
Mola Ram (Indiana Jones character), the main antagonist and the Thuggee high priest
Mola Sylla (born 1956), a Senegalese musician
Carlos Loret de Mola (born 1976), a Mexican talking head
Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz (1921–1986), a Mexican politician and journalist, deputy, senator and Governor of Yucatán
Emilio Mola (1887-1937), a Spanish army officer of the Spanish Civil War
Pasquale Mola, an Italian biologist who proposed the Sardinian lynx in 1908
Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666), an Italian painter

Other

Mola (art form), the textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia
Mola hytadidosa, an abnormal form of pregnancy
Mola salsa, a sacramental flour preparation made by the Vestal Virgins
General Mola class submarine, a group of submarines built for the Italian Navy in the early 1930s
Tremoleta, a minor troubadour
a Latin word meaning millstone or false conception, which is the origin of the word molar

MOLA (acronym)

Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, an instrument on the Mars Global Surveyor orbiter
Ministry of Legal Affairs, the Ministry of Legal Affairs in the Sultanate of Oman
Museum of the Living Artist (MoLA), a new exhibition of works by San Diego artists
Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), an archaeological organisation and charity (formerly part of the Museum of London)
Museum of Living Art (MOLA), an exhibition at Fort Worth Zoo, USA

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