The Gala Water is a river in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland and a tributary of the River Tweed. It is sometimes known as the "Gala", which nickname is also shared with Galashiels, which it flows through. The "Braw Lads O Gala Watter" is a song about people from Galashiels.
The name Gala may be from the Old English galga meaning "gallows" , perhaps by back-formation from Galashiels. Or else, Gala may originally be from Brittonic, and derived from *gāl meaning "enmity, hatred" , or cognate to the Welsh verb galw, "call" . The river may share an etymology with Gala Lane in Ayrshire, which flows into Loch Doon.
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