sala

[ sah-luh ]

/ ˈsɑ lə /

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noun

a large hall, living room, or reception room.

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Origin of sala

First recorded in 1605–15; from Spanish: “living room, hall,” either from Old Provençal, from Germanic or directly from Germanic; see salon

Words nearby sala

Saktas, Sakti, Sakuntala, Sakyamuni, sal, sala, salaam, salable, salacious, salad, salad bar

How to use sala in a sentence

Next door to the museum is a clone of the Cavern Club, the Beatle Café and the Sala John Lennon stand-up comedy theatre.
Catch Beatles Fever! Ten Essential Travel Destinations for Beatlemaniacs|Lonely Planet|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Anri Sala achieves a masterpiece, by taking on someone else's.
The Best of 2013’s Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik|Blake Gopnik|December 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic (Venice Biennale edition): Anri Sala achieves a masterpiece, by taking on someone else's.
Maurice Ravel, Brilliantly Un-Raveled|Blake Gopnik|June 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sala simply makes those games more obvious, and a bit surreal.
A Face That Needs Work|Blake Gopnik|June 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST

One nice, anti-surreal detail from Sala: Thanks to skewed gears in its innards, his off-kilter clock tells perfect time.
A Face That Needs Work|Blake Gopnik|June 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But, as squire of dames, Kit was too much occupied to give further heed to business in the sala.
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan
In the same sala are two Memlings (703, 778), and a Roger van der Weyden .
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
From the dining-room floated into the sala snatches of toasts, interruptions, bursts and ripples of laughter.
The Reign of Greed|Jose Rizal
The interval between breakfast and dinner is devoted to swinging in the hammock, either in the sala or in the corridor.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
A sympathetic uncle sent him to the musical conservatory at Naples, where he studied under Sala Tritto.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson