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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
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