Gal

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Gal, an alteration of girl, is a casual term for a woman.

Gal may also refer to:

People

Places

• Gal, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in Nakhchivan
• Gal, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Gali (town), in Abkhazia
• Hal, Azerbaijan, a village in Qubadli

Politics and law

• GAL (paramilitary group), a 1980s Spanish anti-ETA group
• Global administrative law
• Great Autonomies and Freedom (Italian: Grandi Autonomie e Libertà), an Italian parliamentary group
• Guardian ad litem, a type of legal guardian in the United States
• Green-Alternative List, now Alliance 90/The Greens Hamburg, a German political party

Science

• Gal (newspaper), a trilingual newspaper published in Abkhazia
• Gal (unit), a unit of acceleration
• Galactose, a sugar
• Galanin, a peptide encoded by the GAL gene
• Galeandra, an orchid genus
• Galectin, an enzyme
• Gallon, a unit of capacity or volume

Technology

• .gal, a top-level Internet domain for Galicia, Spain
• Generic array logic
• Generalized Automation Language
• Global Address List in groupware

Other uses

• Gal (1969 album), by Gal Costa
• GAL (cuneiform), Sumerian cuneiform
• GAL (film), a 2006 Spanish film
• Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport, serving Galena, Alaska
• Epistle to the Galatians
• Gal-class submarine of the Israeli Navy
• Gal language
• Galoli language
• General Aircraft Limited, a British aircraft manufacturer
• Global Aero Logistics, an American airline holding company
• Gyaru (ギャル), a Japanese fashion style for young women
• Kogal, a newer Japanese fashion style for young women, also sometimes referred to as "gal"
• Stadium Gal, a football stadium in Irun, Spain

See also

• Avigdor Ben-Gal (born 1936), Israeli former general
• Avner Ben-Gal (born 1966), Israeli painter and artist