Vala

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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

• Asad Vala (born 1987), Papua New Guinean cricketer
• Jorge Vala (born 1984), Portuguese academic
• Katri Vala (1901–1944), Finnish poet
• Lobat Vala (born 1930), Iranian poet and activist
• Numonius Vala, a Roman family name, or any of the men of that name
• Vajubhai Vala, Indian politician

Given name

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

Other uses

• Vala (programming language), a programming language targeting GNOME's object system
• 131 Vala, an asteroid discovered in 1873 named after Völva
• VALA, Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc., an Australian not-for-profit organisation
• Vala GSM, a mobile operator in Kosovo
• Vala State, a former princely state of the British Raj
• Våla Hundred, see List of hundreds of Sweden

See also

• Wala (disambiguation)
• Valo (disambiguation)