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Bali
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Appendix:Variations of "bali"
Translingual
Etymology
mul en:Balinese,fr:balinais, from mul ban Aksara Bali.
Symbol
Balinese script Balinese
English
Etymology 1
en ban Bali, possibly from en sa बलि-द्वीप island of offerings or en sa वली-द्वीप island of waves. Or from en sa वली or en sa वलि and from en sa द्वीप. Cf. Java.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɑːli/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bali.wav Southern England
bä′lēen 1952 Bali Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 149 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/149/ 1
en barley non-rhotic
en ɑːli 2
Proper noun
en province c/Indonesia primarily made up of the island of Bali.
en island c/Indonesia just east of Java.
en Lesser Sunda Islands
en Tamara Hardingham-Gill ‘Everyone I know in the US who has a conscience wants to leave’: Why this American woman relocated to Bali w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/why-this-american-woman-relocated-to-bali 2025-07-31 Riding along the busy, narrow roads of Bali on her scooter with the sun illuminating her face, Victoria Kjos has a clear destination in sight — the beach. https://web.archive.org/web/20250802061020/https://www.cnn.com/travel/why-this-american-woman-relocated-to-bali
Derived terms
en Bali myna Balinese Bali tiger Bali Aga Bali belly
Translations
island of Indonesia
Arabic: ar بَالِي m
Hijazi Arabic: acw بالي f bāli
Armenian: hy Բալի
Balinese: ban Bali, ban Bali
Catalan: ca Bali
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 巴厘島 Bālí dǎo, cmn 巴厘 Bālí
Czech: cs Bali n
Danish: da Bali
Dutch: nl Bali
Esperanto: eo Balio
Estonian: et Bali
Finnish: fi Bali
French: fr Bali m
Georgian: ka ბალი
German: de Bali n
Greek: el Μπαλί n
Hebrew: he באלי Bali
Hindi: hi बाली
Hungarian: hu Bali
Indonesian: id Bali
Italian: it Bali
Japanese: ja バリ島 ばりとう, Bari-tō, ja バリ Bari
Korean: ko ^발리섬, ko ^발리
Lithuanian: lt Balis
Malay: ms Bali
Maltese: mt Bali
Marathi: mr बाली
Norwegian: no Bali
Polish: pl Bali n
Portuguese: pt Báli f
Russian: ru Ба́ли m
Sanskrit: sa वलीद्वीप valīdvīpa, sa वलिद्वीप validvīpa
Sicilian: scn Bali
Slovene: sl Bali
Spanish: es Bali m
Swedish: sv Bali
Tamil: ta பாலி
Thai: th บาหลี
References
Etymology 2
From en cmn - Chinese pronunciation for 八里 Bālǐ.
Alternative forms
en Pa-li Pali Wade-Giles
Pronunciation
bä′lē′
en Ba li
Proper noun
en district city/New Taipei c/Taiwan.
en 1981-10-25 Robert Benjamin Kritzer This young American finds basic Chinese values still intact in old & new Taiwan Free China Weekly https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1981-10-25_22_42/ XXII 42 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 2 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1981-10-25_22_42/page/n1/ Forty minutes later, we found ourselves seated on boulders on the side of Kuan Yin Shan with a lovely view of the river and the town of Tamsui to the east and the farms and field of Pali to the north. on
en 2013 w:Clive Cussler Mirage The Oregon Files https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780399158087/ Fiction New York w:G. P. Putnam's Sons 978-0-399-15808-7 962211965 350 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780399158087/page/350/ He roused Max from his Taipei hotel suite to tell him the change in plans and to meet the Oregon at the Bali District piers the following day.
en 2017-12-15 Richard Saunders Off the Beaten Track: Best of Bali w:Taipei Times https://web.archive.org/web/20171218050840/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2017/12/15/2003683985 18 December 2017 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2017/12/15/2003683985 1563-9525 464696902 Features 13 New Taipei City’s Bali District (zh 八里, across the river from Tamsui) isn’t a place that immediately springs to mind for tourist attractions.
Translations
district in northern Taiwan
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 八里
Hokkien: nan-hbl 八里 Pat-lí
Mandarin: cmn 八里 Bālǐ
Japanese: ja
Polish: pl Bali n
Etymology 3
en bbn bali to not be.
Proper noun
en island c/Papua New Guinea.
The Uneapa language spoken on that island.
See also
bbn
Etymology 4
en ar بَلِي.
+ (tribe)
Proper noun
An Arab tribe of Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Etymology 5
Proper noun
en Pali.
Anagrams
en abil Albi Bail Liab. bail
en heteronyms
en Languages
Balinese
Etymology
Possibly from ban sa बलि-द्वीप island of offerings or ban sa वली-द्वीप island of waves. From ban sa बलि, ban sa वली or ban sa वलि and from ban sa द्वीप. Cf. Java.
Pronunciation
ban /ba.li/ /ˈbali/
ban ali 2
ban ba li
ban bali
Proper noun
ban proper noun Balinese script ᬩᬮᬶ
ban island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
Descendants
nl 1 Bali
en 1 Bali
id 1 Bali
ms 1 Bali
Further reading
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
?
ca island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
Derived terms
ca balinès
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
n baliský,balijský Balijec Balijka
cs island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
Dutch
Etymology
nl
Pronunciation
nl /ˈbaː.li/
nl Nl-Bali.ogg
nl Ba li
nl aːli
Proper noun
n
en Bali
Derived terms
nl Balinees
Finnish
Etymology
From fi ban Bali.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
Declension
Bal a 1
Derived terms
fi bali balilainen
fi compounds balintiikeri balinvuoristokoira
Hungarian
Pronunciation
hu Ba li
Etymology 1
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
hu 1960-07-31 K. I. A szépség szigete A Hét (folyóirat, 1956–1995) hu A Hét 5 31 18 Van-e vajon még tája a Földnek, amelynek annyi neve volna, mint éppen Bali szigetének? S a döbbenetes halotti menet végigvonult Bali fővárosa, Den Pasar utcáin, elrettentő fenyegetésként. Ám Indonézia népe nem enged. S Bali és a többi 3000 sziget szabadon él.
Declension
Bali o sgBali ja sg
Derived terms
hu bali
Etymology 2
proper noun hu Balázs or hu Bálint.
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu male Balázs,Bálint
Declension
Bali oBali ja
Etymology 3
From the given name hu Balázs or hu Bálint.hu 2007–2008 Mizser Lajos Beregszász 1570. évi családnevei Nyelvtudomány 3–4 http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/1187/1/nyelvtudomany_44_45_141-148.pdf 146 A keresztnevek egy részéből és a rövidült képzett alakokból, továbbá a patronimikum képzős formákból is válhattak vezetéknevek a későbbiek során. Bálint (Bali, Bálintffy), Balázs (Balázs, Bali, Balázsi) https://web.archive.org/web/20240801182745/https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/1187/1/nyelvtudomany_44_45_141-148.pdf 1 August 2024
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu
Usage notes
Declension
Bal i aBali ja
References
hu terms with multiple lemma etymologies terms with multiple proper noun etymologies
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
From id ban ᬩᬮᬶ, possibly from id sa बलि-द्वीप island of offerings or id sa वली-द्वीप island of waves. From id sa बलि, id sa वली or id sa वलि and from id sa द्वीप. Cf. Java.
Pronunciation
Bali
id /bali/
Proper noun
id island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
Adjective
id adjective
Balinese
Malay
ms:
Pronunciation
ms /bali/
ms ali li i
Proper noun
ms proper noun
ms island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
Adjective
ms adjective
en Balinese
Derived terms
ms harimau Bali
ms kucing Bali
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt Báli
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
n Bali
sk island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
References
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es island/and/province c/Indonesia Bali
Derived terms
es balinés