User-submitted place name Yala

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Type Political Subdivision & Settlement

Usage Thai, Malay, Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Urdu

Scripts ยะลา(Thai) يلا(Malay Jawi) يالا(Arabic) Яла(Bulgarian, Russian, Tajik) याला(Hindi) یالا(Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced Pron. ya-LA(Thai)

YAH-lə(English)

YA-LA(French)

YA-lə(Russian)

JYA-la(Spanish)

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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.