Vela
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Vela or Velas may refer to:
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Astronomy
- Vela (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky (the Sails)
- Vela (Chinese astronomy)
- Vela Pulsar
- Vela X-1, a pulsing, eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary system
Places
- Vela Bluff, Antarctica
- Vela, Dolj, Romania
- Vela (Ilidža – Sarajevo), Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Velas, Maharashtra, India
Ships
- CMA CGM Vela, a container ship in service since 2008
- USNS Vela (T-AK-89), US Army port repair ship
- Vela-class submarine, of the Indian Navy
- INS Vela (S40), in service 1973–2010
Technology
- Project Vela, a system developed by the United States to monitor compliance with the Partial Test Ban Treaty
- Vela (satellite), a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing
- Vela incident, an international incident, in which a Vela satellite is thought to possibly have observed a nuclear test
- Versatile Laboratory Aid (VELA), a data logging tool used in education
People
=Given name=
- Vela Jiménez (fl. 882–883), Count of Álava
- Vela Ladrón (fl. 1136–1174), Spanish nobleman
- Vela Manusaute, Niuean writer and director
- Vela Ovéquiz (fl. 1065–1085), count in the Kingdom of Galicia
- Vela Peeva (1922–1944), Bulgarian partisan
- Vela Velupillai (born 1947), Sri Lankan-American economist
=Surname=
- Alejandro Vela (born 1984), Mexican footballer
- Alexandra Vela, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
- Arqueles Vela (1899–1977), Guatemalan-Mexican writer, journalist, and teacher
- Blanca Vela (1936–2014), American politician
- Blasco Núñez Vela (1490–1546), viceroy of Peru
- Carlos Vela (born 1989), Mexican footballer
- Carmen Vela (born 1955), Spanish entrepreneur, researcher, and cabinet minister
- Cindy Vela (born 1979), American actress, model, and saxophonist
- Cristóbal Vela (1588–1654), Spanish Baroque painter and gilder
- Ernesto Vela (born 1968), Mexican Olympic swimmer
- Filemon Vela, Jr. (born 1963), American lawyer and politician
- Filemon Vela, Sr. (1935–2004), United States federal judge
- Giuseppe Vela Júnior (born 1977), Brazilian footballer
- Gonzalo Vázquez Vela (1893–1963), Mexican politician
- José Manuel Vela Bargues (1962–2022), Spanish economist and politician
- Josh Vela (born 1993), English footballer
- Lucé Vela, First Lady of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2013
- Marco Alonso Vela (born 1961), Mexican politician
- Moises Vela, American lawyer and government advisor
- Nallely Vela (born 1986), Mexican sprinter
- Norma Safford Vela, American television writer, director, and producer
- Orlando Vela (born 1994), Mexican footballer
- Rafael Cárdenas Vela, Mexican drug cartel leader
- Ricky Vela, American songwriter and keyboardist
- Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 1952), Mexican scientist and astronaut
- Rosie Vela (born 1954), American model and singer-songwriter
- Sergio Vela (born 1964), Mexican-American opera director
- Spartaco Vela (1853–1895), Italian painter, son of Vincenzo Vela
- Vincenzo Vela (1820–1891), Swiss-Italian sculptor
Other uses
- Nemmara Vallangi Vela, an annual festival of a village called Nemmara in South India
- Vela International Marine, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco
- Vela, a playable character in the video game Jet Force Gemini
- Vela, a religious, cultural celebration from the city of Tehuantepec, Mexico
- Vela, an alternative appellation for Mokosh, the consort of the Slavic god of thunder
- Vela, a genus of land crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae
- Vela (film), a 2023 Indian crime drama
See also
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