ala
noun
a wing.
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ala
1 American
[ey-luh]
/ ˈeɪ lə /
noun
alae
plural
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a wing.
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a winglike part, process, or expansion, as of a bone, shell, seed, or stem.
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either of the two side petals of a flower in the legume family, as the pea.
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(in an ancient Roman house) a small room, as an alcove, opening into a larger room or courtyard.
Ala
2
American
[ah-lah]
/ ˈɑ lɑ /
noun
Ala
3
American
abbreviation
Biochemistry.
Ala.
4
American
abbreviation
A.L.A.
5
American
abbreviation
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American Library Association.
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Associate in Liberal Arts.
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Authors League of America.
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Automobile Legal Association.
ala
1
British
/ ˈeɪlə /
noun
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zoology a wing or flat winglike process or structure, such as a part of some bones and cartilages
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botany a winglike part, such as one of the wings of a sycamore seed or one of the flat petals of a sweet pea flower
Ala.
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Etymology
Origin of ala
1730–40; < Latin āla wing, armpit, shoulder, representing *aks-lā, derivative of same base as axis axle ( see axis 1); see axle
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During his rookie season, Rams edge rusher Jared Verse established himself as one of the NFL’s most boisterous players — and also a force to be reckoned with ala former Rams star Aaron Donald.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
But if you’ve got room in the basket, go ahead and lay some onions, carrots or celery under the bird or even stuff the cavity with some halved lemons, grapes, garlic and herbs, ala Colwin.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
At the end of the event, he was asked to press his hands into a tray of butter — ala The Hollywood Walk of Fame — as part of new ad campaign “Butter Call Saul.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
But Woolen, a fifth-rounder, already looks like a long-term lockdown corner, ala Richard Sherman.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
Monoptere, from μόνος solus, and πτὲρον ala; is that which has but one Wing or Isle; it was a sort of a round Temple, whose Roof was supported by Pillars only.
From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude
Navy’s two hospital ships, both of which are undergoing maintenance in Mobile, Ala.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
She was born in Michigan and also has ties to Montgomery, Ala.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
Her two sisters, Ala and Jana, nod in agreement as we sit, squeezed together on this cold winter's day, on an old lumpy sofa in their humble home in Homs.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
Morrell and McKeefery join former UW tight ends coach Nick Sheridan — now the Crimson Tide’s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach — and JaMarcus Shephard, the wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
“Really? I thought if we studied the Ala Wai Canal . . .” She trails off.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Nineteen months later, Kessler — now the Lakers center — found his voice while on a Fourth of July outing at Lake Martin, Ala., and asked Stockard to marry him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Born Trent Clutts on Dec. 16, 1958, in Huntsville, Ala., Cody was inspired to pursue a career in broadcasting during visits to a Kentucky radio station with his dad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The company is based in Huntsville, Ala., and is led by James “Trip” Ferguson External link.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Messrs. Woodfin and Nichols, both Democrats, are the mayors of Birmingham, Ala., and Tulsa, Okla., respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Two companies of 4th U. S. Cavalry arrived from Huntsville, Ala. with dispatches to Sherman.
From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd
The A.L.A. experimented with arrangements for choosing the winners before opting, in the late 1930s, for a committee of 23 librarians who selected both the Newbery and Caldecott recipients.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
They’d been at the A.L.A. midwinter conference, in Atlanta.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 19, 2017
But Ungerer crossed a line at the A.L.A. event, as the crowd pushed him—asking how dare he draw “Fornicon” and children’s books.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2015
It was the first A.L.A. award for Mr. Alexander, a poet and novelist who has published 17 books.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2015
At the next A.L.A. meeting Mr. —— is brought forward more prominently, and the wise ones say, “I always thought he was a rising man.”
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore
The wildlife refuge is a wetland that provides nesting, feeding and resting habitat to the endangered Hawaiian stilt, known as aeo, and the Hawaiian coot or alae keokeo.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Helpless and exhausted, the poor alae told Maui to take two hau sticks and rub them together.
From Legends of the Wailuku by Herwig, Will
Wait this time until you hear the cry of the alae bird, and the ewaewaiki calling; then come out of the house and stand before the assembly.
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren
From eighty feet to one hundred feet, the length divided into five parts will produce the right width for the alae.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
So it went on, until finally the alae told him he would find it in a dry stick; and so, indeed, he did.
From Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends by Thrum, Thomas G. (Thomas George)
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