Gala
Gala noun - A time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something.
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Synonyms for Gala
Special
Special noun - A special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising.
Gala and special are semantically related in exceptional topic. Sometimes you can use "Gala" instead the word "Special" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as momentous, distinguished.
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Noodle Incident: When being interviewed at the Rockbjörnen gala, Frida and Agnetha were asked what was a particularly special memory for them.
Source: Music / ABBA -
Any place where a large number of people with a similar special interest gather together (fan conventions, festivals, contests, press meetings, gala premiers, honorary events,...) may get this feeling from outsiders.
Source: Grotesque Gallery - The Life With Loopy Birthday Gala-Bration special (which many fans had thought to be "Episode 29", a long-rumored Series Fauxnale for the show that came up on Wikipedia in the early 2000s only for Mark Marek to debunk the rumor in 2012) from 1998 also only aired once and never again.
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