Bel

Bel can mean:

Contents

1 Mythology
2 People
3 Fictional characters
4 Places
5 Languages
6 Other uses
7 See also

Mythology

Bel (god), a Semitic deity
Belenus or Bel; a Celtic deity
Bel (mythology), a title (meaning "lord" or "master") for various gods in Babylonian religion

People

Eógan Bél (died 542), a king of Connacht (in what is now Ireland)
Jean Le Bel (c. 1290-1370), medieval Flemish chronicler
Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847-1930), French chemist
Matthias Bel (1684-1749), Hungarian scholar, polymath and Lutheran pastor
Bel Kaufman (born 1911), American teacher and author, best known for writing the novel Up the Down Staircase
Bel Mooney (born 19460), English journalist and broadcaster
Bel Powley, British actress

Fictional characters

Bel Arvardan, in Isaac Asimov's novel Pebble in the Sky
Bel Riose, in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
Bel (Dungeons & Dragons), lord of the first of The Nine Hells, in Dungeons and Dragons games

Places

Bél, the Hungarian name for Beliu Commune, Arad County, Romania
Bel Mountain, in the Zagros Mountains of west/southwestern Iran

Languages

Bel languages, spoken in northern Papua New Guinea
ISO 639 code for the Belarussian language

Other uses

Bel, a seldom used unit equal to 10 decibels
Bel marriage (Ihi), Newar girls' mock-marriage to the bel fruit in Nepal

Groupe Bel, a French cheese company

See also

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