Vela
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Vela or Velas may refer to:
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
Alicia Vela-Bailey (born 1982), American stunt performer, stunt double, actress, dancer, and choreographer
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.
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