Mala
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Geography
- Kingdom of CherasChera dynastyChera Dynasty in South India is one of the most ancient ruling dynasties in India. Together with the Cholas and the Pandyas, they formed the three principle warring Iron Age Tamil kingdoms in southern India...
, South India - Mala, KeralaMala, KeralaMala is the name of a small town in Thrissur district of Kerala, south India. K. Karunakaran, the former Chief Minister of Kerala, represented Mala constituency from 1965 to 1995. The famous Malayalam film actor Mala Aravindan is also a native of Mala. There is a Jewish synagogue at Mala town ). ...
, a village in southern India - Malå MunicipalityMalå MunicipalityMalå Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Malå.-History:Between 1974 and 1982 Malå Municipality was included in Norsjö Municipality...
, in northern Sweden - Mala, NepalMala, NepalMala is a village and Village Development Committee in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,704 persons living in 510 individual households.-External links:*...
, a village and Village Development Committee - Mała, Poland, a village
- Mala, HomalinMala, HomalinMala is a village on the Chindwin River in Homalin Township, Hkamti District, in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma.-External links:*...
, a village in Burma - Mala DistrictMala DistrictMala District is one of sixteen districts of the province Cañete in Peru.-References:...
, Peru - Mala, Cañete ProvinceCañete ProvinceCañete is a province located in southern Lima Region, Peru. It is bordered by the Lima Province on the north, the Ica Region on the south, the Huarochirí and Yauyos provinces on the east, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the town of San Vicente de Cañete District...
, capital of Mala District, Peru - Mala River, a river of Peru
- Mala RiverMala RiverThe Mala River is a small tributary of the Danube in Romania.-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971...
, a river in Romania - Mala, SwedenMala, SwedenMala is a locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 228 inhabitants in 2005....
, a village - Mala, a small village in Jaghori DistrictJaghori DistrictJaghori is a major business center and one of the main districts of Ghazni province in Afghanistan. It is situated in the highlands of the central region. The population was estimated at 192,216 in 2002, making it one of the most populous districts in Afghanistan. Sange-e-Masha is a small bazaar...
, Ghazni, Afghanistan - Mala, the former name of the island of MalaitaMalaitaMalaita is the largest island of the Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands. A tropical and mountainous island, Malaita's pristine river systems and tropical forests have not been exploited. Malaita is the most populous island of the Solomon Islands, with 140,000 people or more than a third of the...
in the Solomon Islands
People
- Mala AravindanMala AravindanMala Aravindan is a Malayalam film actor.- Biography :He was born in Kerala, India as the eldest son of Ayyappan, an Excise department employee and Ponnamma, a school teacher. Later, he relocated to Mala and started using the place name along with his name....
, Malayalam film actor - Mala GaonkarMala GaonkarMala Gaonkar Haarmann has been a partner and managing director at Lone Pine Capital, LLC a private investment of equity hedge funds since 1998. The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown of The United Kingdom has appointed Mala Gaonkar as a Tate Trustee...
, American businessperson - Mala KachallaMala KachallaMala Kachalla was governor of Borno State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003.-Borno Governor:Mala Kachalla was elected as governor of Borno State in April 1999, running for the All People's Party , which was renamed All Nigeria People's Party due to a factional split...
(1941–2007), former governor of Borno State in Nigeria - Mala PowersMala PowersMary Ellen "Mala" Powers was an American film actress.She was born in San Francisco, California. In 1940, her family moved to Los Angeles. Her father was an executive with United Press. In the summer of her relocation, Powers attended the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop where she enjoyed her first...
(1931–2007), American actress - Mala SinhaMala SinhaMala Sinha is an Indian actress, who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali films. Recognised for her acting talent and beauty, she went on to become a popular leading actress in Hindi films from the early fifties till late seventies...
(born 1936), Indian actress - Mala ZimetbaumMala ZimetbaumMalka Zimetbaum, also known as "Mala" Zimetbaum or "Mala the Belgian" , was a young Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent, known for her escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the resistance she displayed at her execution following the escape's failure.- Early life and...
(1922–1944), Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent executed for escaping from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - Ray MalaRay MalaRay Mala was the first Native American movie star and is the most prolific film star that the state of Alaska has thus far produced. Ray Mala was recently named a "Top Ten Alaskan" by TIME Magazine...
(1906–1952), the first Native American movie star
Music
- Mala (Pakistani singer)Mala (Pakistani singer)Naseem Nazli popularly called Mala was a Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films. In 1960s, Mala had a hit pair with famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and they gave numorous hits to Pakistan film industry. She sung many super hit songs in almost two decades singing career in the...
- Mala RecordsMala RecordsMala Records was a small record label founded as a Bell Records subsidiary in 1959. Beginning in 1967, albums by Mala recording artists were issued on the Bell label instead of Mala...
, a record label - Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou, a 2002 Greek soundtrack album by Anna Vissi
- "Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou" (song)Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou (song)"Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou" is a single by Anna Vissi from the original soundtrack of the same name, released in 2002 by Sony Music in Greece and Cyprus.-Release:...
- "Mala: I Mousiki Tou Anemou" (song)
- Mala (album)Mala (album)"Mala", is the 31st studio album by Puerto Rican singer Yolandita Monge and the first album under her new label, Universal Music Latin Entertainment. This album was released on November 25, 2008, but the mega music store "La Gran Discoteca", begins to sell this album on November 22, 2008...
, a 2008 album by Yolandita Monge- "Mala" (song)Mala (song)"Mala" is the first single from Yolandita's 31st studio album, Mala. This song was written by Maria Isabel Saavedra and produced by Jose Luis Pagan. The Yolandita new single “Mala”, was released on October 6, 2008 on national radio.-Music video:...
- "Mala" (song)
- Mala (musician), member of dubstep production duo Digital MystikzDigital MystikzDigital Mystikz are a dubstep production duo from the South London suburb of Norwood. Along with Loefah and Sgt. Pokes, they operate the DMZ record label and host the influential bimonthly nightclub DMZ, held at the Mass club complex in Brixton, London...
Comics
- Mala (Kryptonian)Mala (Kryptonian)Mala is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Superman #65 in the story "The Three Supermen from Space!"-Fictional character biography:...
, a villain from the Superman universe - Mala (Amazon)Mala (Amazon)Mala is the name of two fictional characters who first appeared in the DC Comics' universe as two members of Wonder Woman's fellow Amazons.-Golden/Silver age:...
, an Amazon from the DC Universe
Other:
- GarlandGarlandA garland is a class of decoration, of which there are many types.Garland may also refer to:-Places:*Garland, Arkansas, a town in Miller County*Garland County, Arkansas*Garland, Maine, a town in Penobscot County...
(mala), used in India - Japa mala, a strand of beads used in meditation
- Mala (caste)Mala (caste)Mala or Malla is a social group or caste mostly from Andhra Pradesh state of India. Mala or Malla is derived from the Sanskrit word "Malla" which means wrestler. They are one of the dominant Dalit castes of Andhra the other being Madigas.They constitute around 8.5% of the total state population...
or Mala community, from Andhra Pradesh - Rufous Hare-wallabyRufous Hare-wallabyThe rufous hare-wallaby , also known as the Mala, is a small macropod found in Australia. It was formerly widely distributed across the western half of the continent but is now confined to Bernier Island and Dorre Island Islands off Western Australia...
, a small wallaby native to Australia - Mala sauce, a popular Chinese sauce
- Master of Arts in Liberal Arts
- Cyclone MalaCyclone MalaCyclone Mala, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Mala, was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2006 North Indian Ocean cyclone season...
, a very severe cyclonic storm that killed 22 people in Burma in 2006 - MALÅ Geoscience, a manufacturer of Ground-penetrating radarGround-penetrating radarGround-penetrating radar is a geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface. This nondestructive method uses electromagnetic radiation in the microwave band of the radio spectrum, and detects the reflected signals from subsurface structures...
equipment in Sweden.