Bala

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).
  2. 2
    An extinct Jurchenic language formerly spoken in northeastern China.
  3. 3
    A rural community of Muskoka Lakes municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Bala, Wales.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after Bala in Wales.

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Example

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"But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her."

Etymology

Etymology 1

In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 巴拉語 /巴拉语 (Bālāyǔ, “Bala language”).

Related phrases

Bala Lake

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