Definitions
A festive public event or celebration.
Word origin
From French gala, or directly from that word's etymon, which is either Italian gala, or Spanish gala, both meaning "festive occasion", and derived from Old French gale (“rejoicing”). (The French word likely kept the final -a to avoid homophony with gale (“scabies”).) Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).
Used in a sentence
“a swimming gala”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Festive occasion”4 letters
02“Festive event”4 letters
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