Balla

See also: balla, ballà, and baļļa

English

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Balla

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Balla

1. A village in County Mayo, Ireland.

Italian

Etymology

Originally a nickname meaning "rascal," from balosso (“dumb, stupid, harebrained”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.la/
• Rhymes: -alla
• Hyphenation: Bàl‧la

Proper noun

Balla m or f by sense

1. a surname

   Giacomo Balla, Italian painter

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Balla”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 90.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Valla

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάλλα (Bálla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbal.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbal.la]

Proper noun

Balla f sg (genitive Ballae); first declension

1. An ancient town of Pieria

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Balla
genitive	Ballae
dative	Ballae
accusative	Ballam
ablative	Ballā
vocative	Balla
locative	Ballae

Related terms

• Vallaeus

References

• “Balla”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbala]

Proper noun

Balla m pers (female equivalent Ballová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Balla
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Balla	Ballovia	Ballovci
genitive	Ballu	Ballov	Ballovcov
dative	Ballovi	Ballom	Ballovcom
accusative	Ballu	Ballov	Ballovcov
locative	Ballovi	Balloch	Ballovcoch
instrumental	Ballom	Ballami	Ballovcami

Further reading

• “Balla”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025