Definition of "gala" in English

adjective

1. Celebratory; festive.

noun

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

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 …