Ala Definition

ālə
alae
noun
A wing.
Webster's New World
A winglike structure, as a lobe of the ear or a side petal of a butterfly-shaped corolla.
Webster's New World
A wing or winglike structure or part.
American Heritage Medicine
A flat, winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
American Heritage Medicine
The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or either one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
American Heritage Medicine
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abbreviation
Alabama.
Webster's New World
American Library Association.
Webster's New World
adjective
Ala is French and is defined as prepared in a certain way or for a particular person.
An example of ala used as an adjective is in the phrase "chicken ala king," which means chicken for a king, typically a chicken cooked in a cream sauce with green peppers, mushrooms and red peppers.
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preposition
(colloquial) Alternative form of a la.
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Other Word Forms of Ala

Noun

Singular:
ala
Plural:
alae

Origin of Ala

  • From French à la, by way of its English derivation a la.

    From Wiktionary

  • Originated 1730–40 from Latin āla (“wing”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin āla wing

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ala Sentence Examples

  • It is served by the Mobile & Ohio and the Southern railways; and by a branch of the Illinois Central connecting Jackson, Miss., and Birmingham, Ala.

  • He took Aidos, Nicomedia, Hereke, and, after a siege, Nicaea; Tarakli and Gemlik fell to his arms, and soon the whole of the shore of the Marmora up to Kartal was conquered, and the Byzantines retained on the continent of Asia Minor only Ala Shehr and Biga.

  • By the aid of these auxiliaries the fort of Ala Shehr was captured (1392), Manuel Palaeologus, son of the emperor, being allowed, in common with many other princes, the privilege of serving in the Turkish army, then the best organized and disciplined force extant.

  • Beyond Khush Yailak (meaning "pleasant summer quarters"), with an elevation of 10,000 ft., are the Kuh i Buhar (8000) and Kuh i Suluk (8000), which latter joins the Ala Dagh (1r,000).

  • We find that the product a m X a m X a m is equal to a im; and, by definition, the product; /a X -la X Ala is equal to a, which is a'.

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