BALAS

Meaning of BALAS in English

/bal"euhs, bay"leuhs/ , n. Mineral.

a rose-red variety of spinel. Also called balas ruby .

[ 1375-1425; late ME balasius, var. of balascius balakhsh, back formation from Pers Badakhshan, district near Samarkand, where gem is found ]

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BALAS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French balais, from Medieval Latin balagius, ~cius, from Arabic balakhsh, from Balakhshān, ancient region …
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BALAS — ˈbaləs noun or balas ruby ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English baleis, balis, balas, from Middle French balais, from Arabic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALAS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French balais, from Medieval Latin balagius, balascius, from Arabic balakhsh, from Balakhshān, ancient region …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BALAS — [bal.as] n [ME, fr. MF balais, fr. Ar balakhsh, fr. Balakhshan, ancient region of Afghanistan] (15c): a ruby spinel of …
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BALAS — balas BrE AmE ˈbæl əs ˈbeɪl-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BALAS — n мин. прозрачная шпинель
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BALAS — (n) прозрачная шпинель
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BALAS — n мин. прозрачная шпинель
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BALAS — n мин. прозрачная шпинель
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BALAS — Pronunciation: ' ba-l ə s Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French balais, from Medieval Latin balagius, balascius, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BALAS, BALAS-RUBY — (минералогия) прозрачная шпинель
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BALAS, BALAS-RUBY — (минералогия) прозрачная шпинель
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BALAS RUBY — noun see balas
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALAS RUBY — () A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel.
Английский словарь Webster
BALAS RUBY — A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BALAS RUBY — a variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. ·see spinel.
Webster English vocab
BALAS RUBY — [ 'baləs ] ■ noun a ruby of a delicate rose-red variety. Origin ME: from OFr. balais , from Arab. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BALAS RUBY — variety of the gemstone ruby spinel (q.v.).
Britannica English vocabulary
BALAS, IOLANDA — born Dec. 12, 1936, Timisoara, Rom. Romanian athlete, the dominant performer in the women's high jump during the late 1950s …
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ALEXANDER BALAS, — also called Alexander Epiphanes died 145 BC king of Syria and Pergamum (Greek Asia Minor) and ruler of the remains …
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ALEXANDER BALAS — Александр I Валас
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SPINEL — spə̇ˈnel sometimes ˈspin ə l noun or spi·nelle spə̇ˈnel ( -s ) Etymology: Italian spinella, spinello, diminutive of spina thorn, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUBY SPINEL — noun : a spinel used as a gem — see balas , rubicelle , spinel ruby
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALLAS — ˈbaləs noun ( plural ballas ) Etymology: probably from Portuguese balas, plural of bala, literally, ball, bullet, from Italian palla, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALLAS — /bal"euhs/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) Mineral. a spherical aggregate of small diamond crystals used for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUBY SPINEL — natural or synthetic gem-quality spinel (q.v.; magnesium aluminum oxide) that resembles ruby. The two natural gems are generally found together …
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RUBY — Ruby gemstone composed of transparent red corundum (q.v.), a mineral form of aluminum oxide, Al2O3. Its colour varies from deep …
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PTOLEMY VI PHILOMETOR — (Greek: Loving His Mother) flourished c. 180, 145 BC Macedonian king of Egypt under whom an attempted invasion of Coele …
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DEMETRIUS II NICATOR — (Greek: Victor) born 161 BC died 125 king of Syria from 145 to 139 and from 129 to 125 BC. …
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DEMETRIUS I SOTER — (Greek: Saviour) born c. 187 BC died 150 king of Syria from 162 to 150 BC. He was one of …
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ATTALUS II PHILADELPHUS — (Brotherly) born 220 BC died 138 king of Pergamum, in northwest Anatolia, from 159 BC until his death. He was …
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