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Meaning 1
A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
balas
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/ˈbaləs/
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CMU ARPABET: B AE1 L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, attributive
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noun
Meaning 3
a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: balas ruby
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spinel ruby, ruby spinel
History
Etymology
From Old English bales, balais, from Old French balais, from Arabic بَلَخْش (balaḵš), from Persian بلخش (balaxš), a form of بدخش (badaxš, “balas”), related to بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”), the region where they are found.