Biała

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See also: biala, biała, białą, and Białą

English

Etymology

From Polish Biała

Proper noun

Biała

  1. A town in the Opole, Poland

Translations

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Biała (city in Opole Voivodeship)

Etymology 1

From biały (white).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbja.wa/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -awa
  • Syllabification: Bia‧ła
  • Homophone: biała

Proper noun

Biała f

  1. A town in Opole Voivodeship, Poland
    Synonyms: (colloquial) Biała Prudnicka, (historic) Biały, (historic) Biały Solc
  2. A river in Poland, tributary of the Dunajec
  3. A river in Poland, tributary of the Vistula
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Etymology 2

Referring to the Biała, a tributary of the Vistula.

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Biała (former city in Silesian Voivodeship)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbja.wa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -awa
  • Syllabification: Bia‧ła

Proper noun

Biała f

  1. A former city Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, now part of Bielsko-Biała, called Biała Krakowska from 1925 until 1939
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Etymology 3

Calque of Ukrainian Бі́ла (Bíla), from Ukrainian бі́лий (bílyj, white).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbja.wa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -awa
  • Syllabification: Bia‧ła

Proper noun

Biała f

  1. Bila (a village in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine)
  2. Bila (a village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine)
  3. Bila (a former village in Zhovkiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
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Further reading

  • Biała in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Biała”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022