GLA
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GLA may refer to:

Institutions:
  • Gangmasters Licensing Authority
    Gangmasters Licensing Authority
    The Gangmasters Licensing Authority is an agency in the United Kingdom regulating the supply of workers to the agricultural, horticultural and shellfish industries...

    , a UK regulatory body for gangmasters
  • General Lighthouse Authority
    General Lighthouse Authority
    A General Lighthouse Authority is a dedicated Government Agency of a Country or Nation tasked with and responsible for the provision and maintenance of lighthouses, lightvessels, navigational aids and any other equipment or facilities which ensure the safety of mariners and sailors navigating the...

    , the generic term for national lighthouse authorities
  • Greater London Authority
    Greater London Authority
    The Greater London Authority is the top-tier administrative body for Greater London, England. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of London, currently Boris Johnson, and an elected 25-member London Assembly with scrutiny powers...

    , a body which administers Greater London


In science and technology:
  • GaLactosidase Alpha
    Alpha-galactosidase
    Alpha-galactosidase is a glycoside hydrolase enzyme that hydrolyses the terminal alpha-galactosyl moieties from glycolipids and glycoproteins. It is encoded by the gene.- Function :...

    , an enzyme
  • gamma-Linolenic acid
    Gamma-Linolenic acid
    γ-Linolenic acid is a fatty acid found primarily in vegetable oils...

    , an omega-6 fatty acid
  • Gamma-carboxyglutamic acid, an amino acid important in vitamin K-dependent proteins and found in Gla domains.


Other uses:
  • Glasgow International Airport
    Glasgow International Airport
    Glasgow International Airport is an international airport in Scotland, located west of Glasgow city centre, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew in Renfrewshire...

     (IATA airport code GLA)
  • Global Liberation Army, a fictional group in the video game Command and Conquer: Generals
  • Grand Larceny Auto
    Grand Larceny
    Grand Larceny is a 1987 thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Marilu Henner, Ian McShane, Omar Sharif and Louis Jourdan.-Plot summary:...

    , a term for motor vehicle theft used in some police jurisdictions
  • Great Lakes Airlines
    Great Lakes Airlines
    Great Lakes Airlines , is an American regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services. Corporate headquarters are located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with hubs at Denver International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, McCarran...

     (ICAO airline code GLA)
  • Great Lakes Avengers
    Great Lakes Avengers
    The Great Lakes Initiative, originally known as The Great Lakes Avengers , are a fictional superhero team that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters were first introduced in West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #46 , and were created by John Byrne.-Publication history:The team...

    , a fictional comic hero group
  • Gross leasable area
    Gross leasable area
    Gross leasable area in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented...

    , in retail development, the amount of floor space available to be rented
  • Global Leadership Adventures
    Global Leadership Adventures
    Global Leadership Adventures offers high school study abroad programs where students engage in service-learning in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Tanzania, Peru , China and South Africa...

    , international high school study abroad program
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