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Bala

The English word “Bala” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A rural community of Muskoka Lakes municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Bala, Wales.
  2. An unincorporated community in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after Bala in Wales.
  3. An extinct Jurchenic language formerly spoken in northeastern China.

Etymology

In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

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