Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Political Subdivision & Settlement Usage Thai Scripts ยะลา(Thai) Pronounced Pron. ya-LA [key·IPA] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 9/17/2020 by highexpectasians Edited 9/9/2021 by Infinitas Meaning & History Derived from Malay jala meaning "net", ultimately from Sanskrit जाल (jala). This is the name of a province in southern Thailand as well as the region's capital city.