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Encyclopedia > Bala

Bala has several meanings:

  • Several places:
    • Bala - Sikh Jatt Gotra or clan. Bala Jatt Sikhs mainly have roots to five Villages in Ropar District of Punjab (India). Most famous is Behrampur Zimidara (Ballaina da Behrampur). Bala surname is considered a part of Kang. Bala surname is originated from Kangwalla, when some kang Jatt sikhs moved to Ropar area from Kangwalla village of Gurdaspur District. Over the course of time the word Kangwalla changed to Wahla and the present version BALA.
    • 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, Wales, United Kingdom.
    • Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd of Philadelphia
  • Bala, a minor mother goddess of Hinduism.
  • Bala, a south Indian film director.
  • In Buddhism, Bala refers to the spiritual powers possessed by a Buddha or bodhisattva.
  • Bala, refers to USA Immigration Attorney Gary Bala in Pennsylvania.
  • Bala, a fictional goddess from the D&D campaign setting Al-Qadim in the Forgotten Realms
  • Bala shark: a semi-aggressive tropical fish from southeast Asia, imported into the US as a pet
  • Bala (other name of lord visnu)

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Bala - LoveToKnow 1911 (208 words)
BALA, a market-town and urban district of Merionethshire, N. Wales, at the north end of Bala Lake, 17 m.
The Tower of Bala (some 30 ft. high by 50 diameter) is a tumulus or "moat-hill," formerly thought to mark the site of a Roman camp.
The theological college of the Calvinistic Methodists and the grammar school (endowed), which was founded in 1712, are the chief features, together with the statue of the Rev. Thomas Charles, the distinguished theological writer, to whom was largely due the foundation of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Welcome to Bala (825 words)
Bala is a historic market town and resides within the boundaries of Snowdonia National Park (designated an area of outstanding natural beauty).
This being ‘Tomen y Bala’ a typical large Norman castle mound or "motte" which was located at one end of the town and is now accessible as a public garden.
Bala, a town steeped in history, was founded by Royal Charter around 1310 by Roger de Mortimer in order to tame the rebellious locals in the Penllyn District - Penllyn means ‘top’ or ‘head’ of the lake.
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