Dictionary Entry
Pomp, show, or festivity.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. galaday galaperformance galadinner galadays galadress galagala grandgala royal
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Poetry examples for “gala”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Lo! 'tis a gala night
Within the lonesome latter years!
Read full poem →It is not to such mockeries that I cling,
Not to the flaring tow of gala-lights :
It is to him — my love — the face of day.
Read full poem →in Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. The old tower of Torsonse is
situated upon the banks of the Gala. I believe the Pringles of
Torsonse are now represented by Sir James Pringle of Stitchell. There