Balas

//ˈbaləs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby. archaic, attributive
  2. 2
    a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.

Synonyms

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balas ruby

Etymology

From Old English bales, balais, from Old French balais, from Arabic بَلَخْش (balaḵš), from Persian بلخش (balaxš), a form of بدخش (badaxš, “balas”), related to بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”), the region where they are found.

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