Gal
Gal, an alteration of girl, is a casual term for a woman. The pronunciation of the male or female given name is "gaul".[1]
Gal may also refer to:
People
Surname
- Gál, a list of people with the Hungarian surname
- Edward Gal (born 1970), Dutch dressage rider
- Gedalia Gal (born 1933), Israeli farmer and former politician
- Igor Gal (born 1983), Croatian footballer
- Jenny Gal (born 1969), Dutch-Italian judoka
- Riki Gal, Israeli singer
- Sandra Gal (born 1985), German LPGA golfer
- Șandor Gal (born 1955), Romanian former ice hockey player
- Shmuel Gal, Israeli mathematician and professor
- Udi Gal (born 1979), Israeli Olympic sailor
- Uziel Gal (1923-2002), German-born Israeli gun designer, designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun
- Yehoshua Gal (born 1951), Israeli former footballer
- Zehava Gal, Israeli operatic mezzo-soprano
Given name or nickname
- Gal I (Bishop of Clermont) (c. 489–c. 553), Christian saint and Bishop of Clermont
- Gal Alberman (born 1983), Israeli footballer
- Gal Arel (born 1989), Israeli footballer
- Gal Barel (born 1990), Israeli footballer
- Gal Costa (born 1945), Brazilian pop singer
- Gal Fridman (born 1975), windsurfer and first Israeli to win an Olympic gold medal
- Gal Gadot (born 1985), Israeli actress and model
- Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league footballer
- Gal Mekel (born 1988), Israeli National Basketball Association player
- Gal Nevo (born 1987), Israeli swimmer
- Gal Nir (born 1983), Israeli football goalkeeper
- Gal Shish (born 1989), Israeli footballer
- Gal Weinstein (born 1970), Israeli artist
- Gal Yekutiel (born 1981), Israeli judoka
Pseudonym or nom de guerre
- GAL (cartoonist), pseudonym of Belgian cartoonist Gerard Alsteens (born 1940)
- János Gálicz or "General Gal", Austro-Hungarian brigade and division commander during the Spanish Civil War
Places
- Gal or Gali (town), a town in Abkhazia
- Gal, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in Nakhchivan
- Gal or Hal, Azerbaijan, a village in Qubadli
- Gal, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
GAL
- Human Genome Organization symbof for galanin, a peptide
- GAL (cuneiform), Sumerian cuneiform
- Gate Array Logic, a programmable logic device
- Gazi Anadolu Lisesi, a Turkish high school located at Ankara
- Gatwick Airport Limited
- General Aircraft Limited
- Generalized Automation Language
- Generic array logic
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, the standard work on Arabic literature by Carl Brockelmann
- Get a life (idiom) (in internet slang)
- Global Address List in groupware
- Global administrative law
- Global Aero Logistics
- Google Automotive Link, see Android Auto
- Go-Ahead London
- Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (IATA airport code)
- Great Autonomies and Freedom (Grandi Autonomie e Libertà), a political group in the Senate of Italy
- Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación, a Spanish death squad active in the 1980s set up to fight ETA
- Grüne Alternative Liste, various organisations representing the German Green party at state or communal level, the most well-known being the Grün-Alternative Liste in Hamburg
- Guardian ad litem, see legal guardian
Other
- .gal, a top-level Internet domain for Galicia, Spain
- Gal (unit), a unit of acceleration used extensively in the science of gravimetry
- abbreviation for gallon, a unit of capacity or volume
- Galactose, an organic compound sometimes abbreviated Gal
- Gal-class submarine of the Israeli Navy
- Stadium Gal, a football stadium in Irun, Spain
- Gal (1969 album), by Gal Costa
- Gyaru (ギャル gal), a Japanese fashion style for young women
- Kogal, a newer Japanese fashion style for young women, also sometimes referred to as "gal"
- Galeandra, orchid genus
See also
- Avigdor Ben-Gal (born 1936), Israeli former general
- Avner Ben-Gal (born 1966), Israeli painter and artist
References
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