| Acronym | Definition |
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| CALA | Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse |
| CALA | College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
| CALA | California Assisted Living Association |
| CALA | Chinese American Librarians Association |
| CALA | Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) |
| CALA | Central America / Latin America |
| CALA | Caribbean and Latin America Region (telecom industry) |
| CALA | Center on Animal Liberation Affairs |
| CALA | Connecticut Assisted Living Association |
| CALA | Certified Assisted Living Administrator |
| CALA | Combat Aircraft Loading Area |
| CALA | Computer Aided Lighting Analysis (software) |
| CALA | Champagne Ardennes Lorraine Alsace (French region) |
| CALA | Comité d'Aide aux Lépreux d'Antalaha (French: Antalaha Leprosy Relief Committee; Antalaha, Madagascar) |
| CALA | Customer Address Location Area (telecommunications) |
| CALA | Colorado Assisted Living Association |
| CALA | Combined Administrative Liquidating Agency (WWII) |
| CALA | Center for the Applied Liberal Arts (Eckerd College) |
| CALA | Complexe Agricole du Lac Alaotra (Madagascar) |