Gala

Definition of gala:

part of speech: noun

Show; festivity.

part of speech: noun

Show: splendor: festivity, as a gala- day.

part of speech: noun

A show; finery; great display; gala day, a day of fun and pleasure; a holiday.

Usage examples for gala:

• An army of servants were in splendid new liveries; there seemed to be no limit to waxlights, and everything was in gala "Francezka", Molly Elliot Seawell.

• It is a gala day. "The Book of the National Parks", Robert Sterling Yard.

• He bought it, he said, from an old woman, who I fancy must have worn it at Lucifer's gala on the Block's berg. "Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck", Ludwig Tieck.