Bala
Bala has several meanings:
Places
- Balâ, Ankara, a town and district of Ankara Province in Turkey
- Bala (biblical), another name for Segor or Zoara, one of the Old Testament "Cities of the Plain"
- Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
- Bala, Okpho, Burma
- Bala, Mehedinţi, a commune in Mehedinţi County, Romania
- Bala, Nepal, a Village Development Committee in Sankhuwasabha District in northeastern Nepal
- Băla (Hungarian: Bala), a commune in Mureş County, Romania
- Bala, Ontario, Canada
- Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd of Philadelphia
- Bal'a, Palestine, a town near Tulkarm in the West Bank
- Bala (South Africa), a place in the Mbizana Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Bala, a village in Allahabad, India
- Bala, Kabang - Yala Province, Thailand
Religion
- The Five Strengths, aka bala, the spiritual powers possessed by a Buddha or bodhisattva
- Bala (clan) - Sikh Jatt Gotra or clan.
People
Other
- Bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), a semi-aggressive minnow from Southeast Asia, somewhat common as an aquarium fish
- A common name for the flowering plant Country Mallow (Sida cordifolia), especially when used in Ayurvedic medicine
- Bala (1976 film), a documentary by Satyajit Ray about the Bharatanatyam dancer Balasaraswati
- Bala (2002 film), an Indian Tamil film starring Shaam and Meera Jasmine
- BALA, the Business And Liberal Arts program at Queens College, City University of New York
- Bala (comics), a comic book character from the Devi comic book by Virgin Comics
- Bala (SEPTA station), a regional railway station in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
- BALA, Best in American Living Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders
- Bala (New) railway station, a disused railway station in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales