Alla

Alla may refer to:

Music

People

Places

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Alla (female name)

Alla (Russian: А́лла) is a Russian and Slavic female given name.

The Orthodox Christian Church usually relates the name with Saint Alla, the widow of a Gothic chieftain, martyred in King Athanaric's times. Since the name is also spread among Tatars, there is some speculation that the name has its origin in the pre-Islamic goddess Allat. The name Alla is also widespread in Iceland.

People

Alla (song)

"Alla" (Greek: Άλλα; English: Other) is a song by Swedish singer Sofia and was her entrant in Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest selection process Melodifestivalen. The song is sung entirely in Greek and won the international jury vote at the contest, gaining it a spot in the final, where it ended up placing tenth of eleven. The song was released in Sweden and will also be released in Greece, with the possibility of both English and Swedish versions being produced.

Background and Melodifestivalen

After having taken part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2007 with "Hypnotized" and releasing the CD single "Pote" (Never) in Greece and Sweden, Sofia once again took part in the contest to select Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest entrant in 2009. For her second appearance, she chose to sing the song "Alla", sung in Greek. In an interview, Sofia said that she wanted to perform the song in Greek because she likes the language and because it was originally written in Greek and therefore should be performed that way. Writer Dimitri Stassos spoke about the song in an interview with Eurovision news website ESCToday saying:

Mualla

Mualla, Mu'alla (Arabic: المعلا‎, al-maʿalla, al-muʿalla) is a city district in Aden Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 49,891 inhabitants.

History

Mualla earlier history was notable for its association with dhow building. Later in the nineteenth century Mualla grew to be a port for sailing ships and small steam vessels and number of stores of goods were built along the sidewalks.

In the early fifties of the twentieth century the face of the city changed completely by colonial Britain. A large sea area was reclaimed and longest street was built along with modern buildings to absorb the families of British troops.

Population

Its population in 2004 is about 69,842.

References

Coordinates: 12°39′30″N 43°25′38″E / 12.6583°N 43.4272°E / 12.6583; 43.4272