Bala.
A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).
Meaning & usage
A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).
A rural community of Muskoka Lakes municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Bala, Wales.
An unincorporated community in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after Bala in Wales.
Where this word comes from
In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).
An extinct Jurchenic language formerly spoken in northeastern China.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 巴拉語 /巴拉语 (Bālāyǔ, “Bala language”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.