Galanta (Hungarian: Galánta, German: Gallandau) is a town with about 15,000 inhabitants in the Trnava Region of Slovakia.

The name is derived from a Slavic name Golęta (initially a collective name of a youth group selected from a kin and responsible for guarding).

[4][5] A pre-Hungarian origin of the settlement is documented by the Proto-Slavic nasal "ę" conserved in the name (GalaNta; compare with Czech Holetín and Holetice).

[6] Galanta lies in the Danubian Lowland (Podunajská nížina), the warm southern part of Slovakia.

Galanta is an old town where most historical buildings have unfortunately been damaged or destroyed in World War II.