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'''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
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