• Ala (demon), a female demon in the Serbian and Bulgarian mythology.
• Ala (mythology), a goddess in the Igbo mythology.
• Alae (anatomy) a feature of the anatomy of many nematodes (worms).
• Latin for "wing":
• Ala (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus with prominent "wings".
• Ala (Roman military).
• Ala in anatomy, such as the ala ossis ilii.
• à la, a French phrase, meaning "in the manner of".
• Ala, Italy, a commune in the province of Trento, Italy.
• Al-Ala, the 87th chapter of the Qur'an

As an abbreviation, Ala or ALA may stand for:

• Aerotransoprtes Litoral Argentino, a former Argentina airline.
• Alabama or Alaska, two states in the USA.
• Alanine, an amino acid.
• Alpha-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid.
• Alpha lipoic acid, a nutritional supplement with anti-oxidant properties, and a chelator of mercury and arsenic.
• The Åland Islands' ISO 3-letter country code.
• Alcatel SA, a French telecom giant.
• A List Apart – a webzine created by and for web designers.
• Almaty International Airport.
• American Legion Auxiliary.
• American Library Association.
• see also ALA-LC romanization for Russian
• American Lung Association.
• Animal language acquisition.
• ANSEL character set.
• Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity, a standard work in Epigraphy and a pilot EpiDoc project.
• Arab Liberation Army.
• Arizona Lutheran Academy.
• Association for Laboratory Automation.
• Associate of the Library Association, now CILIP, in the United Kingdom