"ALA" meaning in English

See ALA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ALA
  1. Initialism of American Library Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: American Library Association
    Sense id: en-ALA-en-name-QvLv730F Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Organizations Disambiguation of Organizations: 28 18 3 25 27
  2. Initialism of Acacia Leadership Academy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Acacia Leadership Academy
    Sense id: en-ALA-en-name-RBW1iws8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 12 4 28 31 19 Disambiguation of Organizations: 28 18 3 25 27
  3. Initialism of the Atlas of Living Australia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: the Atlas of Living Australia
    Sense id: en-ALA-en-name-f0tAqXlR

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ALA (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of alpha linolenic acid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: alpha linolenic acid
    Sense id: en-ALA-en-noun-ptAdVC2O Categories (other): Organic compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 12 4 28 31 19 Disambiguation of Organizations: 28 18 3 25 27 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of aminolevulinic acid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: aminolevulinic acid
    Sense id: en-ALA-en-noun-fI~sFKn0 Categories (other): Organic compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 12 4 28 31 19 Disambiguation of Organizations: 28 18 3 25 27 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ALA (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "alpha linolenic acid"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organic compounds",
          "orig": "en:Organic compounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 12 4 28 31 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 18 3 25 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organizations",
          "orig": "en:Organizations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of alpha linolenic acid."
      ],
      "id": "en-ALA-en-noun-ptAdVC2O",
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "alpha linolenic acid",
          "alpha linolenic acid#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) Initialism of alpha linolenic acid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "aminolevulinic acid"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organic compounds",
          "orig": "en:Organic compounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 12 4 28 31 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 18 3 25 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organizations",
          "orig": "en:Organizations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of aminolevulinic acid."
      ],
      "id": "en-ALA-en-noun-fI~sFKn0",
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "aminolevulinic acid",
          "aminolevulinic acid#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) Initialism of aminolevulinic acid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ALA"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ALA",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "American Library Association"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 18 3 25 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organizations",
          "orig": "en:Organizations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of American Library Association."
      ],
      "id": "en-ALA-en-name-QvLv730F",
      "links": [
        [
          "American Library Association",
          "w:American Library Association"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Acacia Leadership Academy"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 12 4 28 31 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 18 3 25 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organizations",
          "orig": "en:Organizations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Acacia Leadership Academy."
      ],
      "id": "en-ALA-en-name-RBW1iws8",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "the Atlas of Living Australia"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of the Atlas of Living Australia."
      ],
      "id": "en-ALA-en-name-f0tAqXlR",
      "links": [
        [
          "Atlas of Living Australia",
          "w:Atlas of Living Australia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ALA"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English initialisms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English palindromes",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Organizations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ALA (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "alpha linolenic acid"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Organic compounds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of alpha linolenic acid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "alpha linolenic acid",
          "alpha linolenic acid#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) Initialism of alpha linolenic acid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "aminolevulinic acid"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Organic compounds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of aminolevulinic acid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "aminolevulinic acid",
          "aminolevulinic acid#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) Initialism of aminolevulinic acid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ALA"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English initialisms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English palindromes",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Organizations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ALA",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "American Library Association"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of American Library Association."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "American Library Association",
          "w:American Library Association"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Acacia Leadership Academy"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Acacia Leadership Academy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "the Atlas of Living Australia"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of the Atlas of Living Australia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Atlas of Living Australia",
          "w:Atlas of Living Australia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ALA"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ALA meaning in English (2.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.