Biała

See also: biala, biała, białą, and Białą

English

Etymology

From Polish Biała

Proper noun

Biała

  1. A town in the Opole, Poland

Translations

Polish

Biała (city in Opole Voivodeship)

Etymology 1

From biały (white).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbja.wa/
  • (file)
  • (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
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
  • bialski
nouns
  • bialanin
  • bialanka
proper nouns
  • Biała Prudnicka

Etymology 2

Referring to the Biała, a tributary of the Vistula.

Biała (former city in Silesian Voivodeship)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbja.wa/
  • (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
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
  • bialski
nouns
  • bialanin
  • bialanka
proper nouns

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbja.wa/
  • (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)
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
  • bialski
nouns
  • bialanin
  • bialanka

See also

Further reading

  • Biała in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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