Vala

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