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| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Bela a thing swallowed. (1.) A city on the shore of the Dead Sea, not far from Sodom, called also Zoar. It was the only one of the five cities that was spared at Lot's intercession (Gen. 19:20,23). It is first mentioned in Gen. 14:2,8. (2.) The eldest son of Benjamin (Num. 26:38; "Belah," Gen. 46:21). (3.) The son of Beor, and a king of Edom (Gen. 36:32, 33; 1 Chr. 1:43). (4.) A son of Azaz (1 Chr. 5:8). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Geography | Shoal in a river, island in a river. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BELA |
| Specialty definitions using "BELA": Ahoah ♦ Dinhabah ♦ Jerimoth, Jobab ♦ Zoar. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BELA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (annoyance, bother, curse, disaster, mess, mishap, pest, pickle, trouble), Basque (sail), Esperanto (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), Indonesian (care for, nurture), Latin (baa, bleat, talk foolishly), Macedonian (white), Papiamen (candela, candle, candlepower), Turkmen (disaster). |
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Screenplays | I met Bela Lugosi (Ed Wood; writing credit: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bela kosulja (1973) Zagor kara bela (1971) Sankha Bela (1966) Bela snaga (1966) Aayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Dr. Bela Schick, originator of the Schick test, applying his test to school children in New York City. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Spandrel, Literature, by Bela L. Pratt, entrance porch, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bela Cintra Street" by André Guergolet Commentary: "Bela Cintra Street, a street near Paulista Avenue at Sao Paulo, Brazil." | "Bella drop" by Nije Bitno Commentary: "Igor's downhill pic @ bela." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Equatorial Guinea | In February Malabo Mayor Gabriel Mba Bela ordered the shutdown of the Press Association (ASOPGE). (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | Although Mba Bela did not justify his order, the press had criticized him for imposing a new regulation on city taxis prior to the order. (references) | |
Human Rights | Slovak Republic | SMK Chairman Bela Bugar told TV Markiza that SMK members were being monitored and that their telephones were tapped. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BELA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BELA" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BELA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bela | Last name | 200 | 36,292 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "BELA": Bela Ferenc Blasko ♦ Bela Lugosi. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "BELA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | oe i en flod. (various references) | |
Dutch | zandbank (bank, sandbank). (various references) | |
Finnish | matalikko (shallow, shoal), hiekkasärkkä (sand-bank). (various references) | |
French | haut-fond dans une rivière, île dans une rivière. (various references) | |
German | Bela, Sandbank (sand bank, sandbank, sandbar, shelf, shoal). (various references) | |
Greek | νησίς εν ποταμώ, ουδός εν ποταμώ. (various references) | |
Italian | secca (shallow, shoal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elabay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | banco de areia (hurst, shallow, shoal), baixio (sandbank, sandbar, shoal), ilha flutuante. (various references) | |
Swedish | bank (bank, banking house, bar, cloudbank, dyke, embankment, sandbank), ö i vattendrag, ö i flod. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Exhlqen de basileuV sodomwn kai basileuV gomorraV kai basileuV adama kai basileuV sebwim kai basileuV balak auth estin shgwr kai paretaxanto autoiV eiV polemon en th koiladi th alukh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et egressi sunt rex Sodomorum et rex Gomorrae rexque Adamae et rex Seboim necnon et rex Balae quae est Segor et direxerunt contra eos aciem in valle Silvestri |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa ferdon Sodomes cyning ond Gomorrahes cyning ond Admahes cyning ond Seboiimes cyning ond Belan cyning, þæt is Soares cyning, ut on gefeohte and trymodon him on Siddimes dene |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the kyng of Sodom, and the kyng of Gomorre, and the kyng of Adame, and the kyng of Soboym, also and the kyng of Bale, that is of Segor, yeden out, and thei dressiden ayens hem sheltrun in the wodi valey, that is, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Than went out the kynge of Sodome and the kynge of Gomorra and the kinge of Adama and the kynge of Zeboijm and the kynge of Bela now called Zoar. And sette their men in aray to fyghte wyth them in the vale of siddim that is to say |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is Zoar), went out, and put their forces in position in the valley of Siddim, |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug minggula ang hari sa Sodoma, ug ang hari sa Gomorra, ug ang hari sa Adma, ug ang hari sa Zeboim, ug ang hari sa Bela, nga mao si Zoar, ug nanagsugo sila sa paggubat batok kanila sa walog sa Siddim: |
| Chinese | 於 是 所 多 瑪 王 、 蛾 摩 拉 王 、 押 瑪 王 、 洗 扁 王 、 和 比 拉 王 、 （ 比 拉 就 是 瑣 珥 ） 都 出 來 、 在 西 訂 谷 擺 陣 、 與 他 們 交 戰 ． |
| Croatian | Zatim istupi kralj Sodome, kralj Gomore, kralj Adme, kralj Sebojima i kralj Bele, odnosno Soara, te zapodjenu borbu protiv onih u dolini Sidimu: |
| Danish | Da drog Sodomas, Gomorras, Admas, Zebojims og Belas, det er Zoats, Konger ud og indlod sig i Siddims Dal i Kamp |
| Dutch | Toen toog de koning van Sodom uit, en de koning van Gomorra, en de koning van Adama, en de koning van Zeboim, en de koning van Bela, dat is Zoar; en zij stelden tegen hen slagorden in het dal Siddim, |
| Finnish | Silloin lähtivät Sodoman kuningas, Gomorran kuningas, Adman kuningas, Seboimin kuningas ja Belan, se on Sooarin, kuningas ja asettuivat Siddimin laaksossa sotarintaan heitä vastaan - |
| French | Alors s`avancèrent le roi de Sodome, le roi de Gomorrhe, le roi d`Adma, le roi de Tseboïm, et le roi de Béla, qui est Tsoar; et ils se rangèrent en bataille contre eux, dans la vallée de Siddim, |
| German | Da zogen aus der König von Sodom, der König von Gomorra, der König von Adama, der König von Zeboim und der König von Bela, das Zoar heißt, und rüsteten sich, zu streiten im Tal Siddim |
| Hungarian | Kiméne tehát Sodoma királya, Gomora királya, Admáh királya, Czeboim királya, és Bélah, azaz Czoár királya, és megütközének azokkal a Sziddim völgyében: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian raja-raja dari Sodom, Gomora, Adma, Zeboim dan Bela mengatur barisan tentara mereka di Lembah Sidim lalu berperang |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka pada masa itu keluarlah raja Sodom dan raja Gomorah dan raja Adema dan raja Zeboyim dan raja Bela, yaitu Zoar, lalu mengikat peranglah di padang Sidim, |
| Maori | Na ka puta atu te kingi o Horoma, ratou ko te kingi o Komora, ko te kingi o Arema, ko te kingi o Tepoimi, me te kingi o Pera, ara o Toara; a ka turia e ratou he pakanga ki a ratou ki te raorao i Hirimi; |
| Norwegian | Da drog kongen i Sodoma ut og kongen i Gomorra og kongen i Adma og kongen i Sebo'im og kongen i Bela, det er Soar, og stilte sig i fylkning mot dem i Siddim-dalen, |
| Rumanian | Atunci au iewit kmpqratul Sodomei, kmpqratul Gomorei, kmpqratul Admei, kmpqratul Yeboimului wi kmpqratul Belei sau Yoarului, wi s`au awezat kn linie de bqtae kmpotriva lor, kn valea Sidim, |
| Spanish | Entonces salieron el rey de Sodoma, el rey de Gomorra, el rey de Adma, el rey de Zeboím y el rey de Bela, la cual es Zoar, y dispusieron la batalla contra ellos en el valle de Sidim; |
| Swedish | Då drogo konungen i Sodom, konungen i Gomorra, konungen i Adma, konungen i Seboim och konungen i Bela, det är Soar, ut och ställde upp sig i Siddimsdalen till strid mot dem -- |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BELA": belabor, belabored, belaboring, belabors, belabour, belaboured, belabouring, belabours, belaced, beladied, beladies, belady, beladying, belated, belatedly, belatedness, belatednesses, belaud, belauded, belauding, belauds, belay, belayed, belaying, belays. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BELA": labelable, libelant, libelants. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: able, bale, blae. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-l" | |
-1 letter: alb, ale, bal, bel, lab, lea. | |
-2 letters: ab, ae, al, ba, be, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-l" | |
+1 letter: abele, abler, ables, amble, babel, bagel, baled, baler, bales, belay, belga, blade, blame, blare, blase, blate, blaze, bleak, blear, bleat, cable, fable, gable, gleba, label, sable, table. | |
+2 letters: abeles, abelia, ablate, ablaze, ablest, abseil, albedo, albeit, albite, alible, ambled, ambler, ambles, arable, babble, babels, baffle, bagels, bailed, bailee, bailer, bailey, bailie, balded, balder, baleen, balers, balked, balker, balled, baller, ballet, bangle, barbel, barely, barley, barrel, basely, battle, bauble, bawled, bawler, beadle, beagle, becalm, bedlam, befall, beflag, beflea, begall, beglad, behalf, belady, belaud, belays, beldam, beleap, belgas, beluga, benzal, bewail, bladed, blades, blamed, blamer, blames, blared, blares, blawed, blazed, blazer, blazes, bleach, bleaks, blears, bleary, bleats, boatel, boreal, bubale, bullae, byelaw, cabled, cables, cablet, dabble, doable, dyable, embalm, enable, fabled, fabler, fables, flambe, gabble, gabled, gables, gamble, garble, glebae, habile, herbal, keblah, labels, labile, labret, lambed, lamber, lambie, liable, librae, lobate, marble, nebula, obelia, oblate, rabble, ramble, sables, stable, suable, tabled, tables, tablet, unable, usable, verbal, viable, wabble, wamble, warble. | |
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