GLA explained

GLA or Gla may refer to:

Entertainment

• GLA (album), by Scottish alternative rock band Twin Atlantic
• Great Lakes Avengers, a fictional comic hero group

Organisations

• Gangmasters Licensing Authority, a British regulatory body
• General lighthouse authority, provides navigational aids in Britain and Ireland
• Georgia Library Association, United States
• Ghana Library Association
• Glassbridge Enterprises, where GLA was its former NYSE ticker symbol
• Great Lakes Airlines, an American airline
• Greater London Authority
• Guam Library Association

Science and technology

• Alpha-galactosidase, a glycoside hydrolase enzyme
• GLA (gene), an encoding of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase A
• Gla domain, a protein domain
• Gamma-Linolenic acid, a fatty acid
• Linde–Buzo–Gray algorithm (also called Generalized Lloyd Algorithm), a vector quantization algorithm

Other uses

• Gla, a Mycenaean fortification in Greece
• GLA (LGBT), meaning gay and lesbian alliance
• Gross leasable area, in real estate, the total floorspace of a property
• GLA University, in Mathura Uttar Pradesh, India
• Glamorgan, historic county in Wales, Chapman code
• Glasgow Airport, IATA call-sign
• Global Leadership Adventures, an international high school study abroad program
• Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class, a car
• Scottish Gaelic, ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language codes