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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
- Aleš Vála (born 1973), a Czech ice hockey player
 - Asad Vala (born 1987), a Papua New Guinean cricketer
 - Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977), an American artist
 - Jorge Vala (born 1984), a Portuguese academic
 - Katri Vala (1901–1944), a Finnish poet
 - Lobat Vala (born 1930), an Iranian poet and activist
 - Numonius Vala, a Roman family name, or any of the men of that name
 - Vajubhai Vala, an Indian politician
 
Given name
- Vala Flosadóttir (born 1978), an Icelandic former pole vaulter
 - Vala Chakradhar Rao (1928–1991), an Indian doctor and politician
 
Places
- Vala State, a former Indian princely state during the British Raj
 - Våla Hundred, see List of hundreds of Sweden
 - 131 Vala, an asteroid discovered in 1873 named after Völva
 
Other uses
- Vala (programming language), a programming language targeting GNOME's object system
 - VALA, Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc., an Australian not-for-profit organisation
 - Vala GSM, a mobile operator in Kosovo
 - Vala halt, a closed railway station in the municipality of Silves, Portugal
 
See also
- Wala (disambiguation)
 - Val (disambiguation)
 - Valan (disambiguation)
 - Valo (disambiguation)
 - Vola (disambiguation)
 - Volo (disambiguation)
 
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