▪ I. ‖ sala1
(ˈsala)
[It., Sp., Pg. sala: see salle.]
A hall or large apartment; spec. a dining-hall.
| 1611 Coryat Crudities 205 Hee had entred with his whole troupe of men into the Sala where the Duke sat. a 1668 R. Lassels Voy. Italy (1670) ii. 54 Passing from hence through the Sala again, I was led into the great room hard by. 1774 Wraxall Tour North. Europe iii. (1776) 26 The grand sala or dining-room [of the palace of Rosenbourg]. 1851 Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. vii, [In Mexico] The ball room was a long oblong sala, with a ‘banquette’ running all round it. |
▪ II. ‖ sala2
(ˈsɑːlə)
[Hindī, Skr. sālā house.]
An Indian rest-house or inn.
| 1871 Alabaster Wheel of Law 265 We find two Salas or travellers' rest-houses. 1890 H. S. Hallett 1000 Miles 257 Passing through the village we put up at the sala or rest-house, which is situated on the banks of the Meh Wung. |