Bala 58200 219797467 2008-06-16T22:31:35Z 64.240.154.209 '''Bala''' has several meanings: ===General=== * Bala - In general, in many [[Indian]] languages it stands for 'The little one' ===Places=== *[[Bala (biblical)]], another name for Segor or Zoara, one of the Old Testament "Cities of the Plain" *[[Bala, Ankara]], a suburb and a metropolitan district of Ankara, Turkey's capital. *[[Bala, Greece]], a suburb of Athens, it is also a Modern Greek word for ball. *[[Bala, Mehedinţi]], a commune in Mehedinţi County, Romania *[[Bala, Senegal]] *[[Bala, Ontario, Canada]]. *[[Bala, Gwynedd]], Wales, United Kingdom. **[[Bala Lake]], the largest natural lake in Wales. **[[Bala Series]] of geologic beds in Bala, Wales. *[[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania]], a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd of Philadelphia *[[Bala, India]], a small village near Dasua City, Distt-Hoshiarpur, Punjab (India). *[[Bal'a]], Palestine, a town near Tulkarm in the West Bank ===Religion=== *[[The Five Powers|Bala]], the spiritual powers possessed by a Buddha or bodhisattva. *[[Bala (strength)]], attribute of the Hindu god Vishnu ===People=== *[[Bala (clan)]], a Jatt Sikh surname. *[[Bala (actor)]], a South Indian film actor *[[Bala (director)]], a south Indian film director. *[[Krystian Bala]], convicted Polish murderer and author ===Other=== *[[Bala shark]] (''Balantiocheilos melanopterus''), a semi-aggressive minnow from Southeast Asia, somewhat common as an aquarium fish. *A common name for [[Country Mallow]] (''Sida cordifolia''), especially when used as an ayurvedic medicine *[[Bala (film)]], a documentary by Satyajit Ray {{disambig}} [[de:Bala]] [[eo:Bala]] [[no:Bala]]