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Galla

Galla can refer to:

  • Galla (wife of Julius Constantius)
  • Galla (wife of Theodosius I)
  • Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I
  • Galla of Rome, a 6th-century saint
  • Gallu, a Mesopotamian demon
  • A historic name for the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia
    • Oromo, the language of this people
    • Gallaland, the lands occupied by this people in southern Ethiopia, particularly in a historical context
  • Another name for P'tcha, a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish food

Galla is one of the Indian surnames:

  • Galla, Aruna Kumari - Minister of Andhra Pradesh Government
  • Galla, Ramachandra Naidu - Founder of Amaraja Group
Other
  • Galla tinctoria, the commercial nutgall produced by the gall oak (Quercus lusitanica)
Galla (wife of Theodosius I)

Flavia Galla (died 394 CE) was an Empress of the Roman Empire and a Princess of the Western Roman Empire. She was the second Empress consort of Theodosius I. She was daughter of Valentinian I and his second wife Justina.

Galla (wife of Julius Constantius)

Galla (fl. about 325) was a member of the Constantinian dynasty that ruled in the Roman Empire.

Usage examples of "galla".

Galla country of Abyssinia, and from scraps of conversation Zora overhead she learned that Abu Batn and his followers were apprehensive of danger during this portion of the journey.

And well they may have been, since for ages the Arabs have conducted raids in Galla territory for the purpose of capturing slaves, and among the Negroes with them was a Galla slave that Abu Batn had brought with him from his desert home.

He brooded on the fact that the perfidious Bacheet, that illegitimate son of a Beja father and a Galla pleasure dancer, was under no restrictions as to his nocturnal movements.

I am trying to put aside old feuds, and convince the Ras of the Gallas to join us in the defence of the Gorge.

Ras of the Gallas there in an attempt to co-ordinate the efforts of the two tribes against the Italian aggressors, and then an aircraft was being sent down to Sardi from Addis to fly him to an urgent war conference with the Emperor at Lake Tona.

A howl of delight went up from the assembled Gallas, and they goaded on the avenger with mocking cries and yips like those of a pack of excited jackals.

An aching silence had fallen on the Gallas, and now she saw that their expressions were tense also.

Gareth, turning to face the crowding Gallas and hold them off with his level gaze.

The deep physical arousal and feeling of utter commitment that she had experienced earlier, on their escape from the threatening horde of Gallas, still lingered still filled her body and her conscious mind with an ethereal glow.

Farther along the valley, also within the acacia grove, the Gallas of Ras Kullah were celebrating the victory also, and there was the occasional faint outburst of drunken shouts and a fusillade of shots from captured Italian rifles.

At that instant a sound carried from the camp of the tance and Gallas to where they sat.

He knew they must not hurry, must not Show weakness, for the flimsy bonds which held the Gallas frozen would snap at the least strain, and they would be upon them down under them in a pack, bearing the press of bodies, and hacking and tearing them to pieces.

She was right, of course, the Gallas followed them now with an implacable malevolence, pressing closely in an avenging throng that filled the darkness.

And they moved steadily up the path, the Gallas pressing them more closely.

She darted away, reaching the high side of Miss Wobbly before any of the Gallas could intervene and she went up it with a single agile bound.