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galas

galas is the plural of gala.

Meaning of gala

Noun (1)

gala (plural galas)

  1. (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
  2. A competition.
    • a swimming gala
  3. (countable) A showy and festive party.
  4. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

Noun (2)

gala (plural gala or galas)

  1. (historical) A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
    • (6) Some galas/kalûs are mentioned in Pre-Sargonic and Old Babylonian texts in connection with classes of women, maids, and ḫarimtu-women.
      (7) The gala is sometimes mentioned in the same context with other functionaries […]2008, Uri Gabbay, The Akkadian word for "third gender" / the kalû (gala) once again, in Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the...

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Noun capitalized: Galas

Galas

  1. (plural) plural of Gala

Phrases with galas

Questions about galas

What is galas the plural of?
Galas is the plural of gala.
What part of speech is galas?
Galas is a noun.

Words near galas in the dictionary

  1. galareta
  2. Galarneau
  3. Galarneaus
  4. Galarza
  5. Galarzas
  6. galas
  7. galaseries
  8. Galashiels
  9. Galassi
  10. Galassis
  11. Galasso

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