Biała

See also: Białą, biała, białą, and biala

Polish
Biała (city in Opole Voivodeship)

Etymology 1

From biały (“white”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲa.wa/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Biała f

  1. A city in Opole Voivodeship, Poland.
    Synonyms: Biała Prudnicka (colloquial), Biały (historic), Biały Solc (historic)
  2. A river in Poland, tributary of the Dunajec.
  3. A river in Poland, tributary of the Vistula.
Declension
declension of Biała
singular
nominative Biała
genitive Białej
dative Białej
accusative Białą
instrumental Białą
locative Białej
vocative Biała

Derived terms
  • (adjective) bialski
  • (nouns) bialanin m pers, bialanka f
  • (proper nouns) Biała Prudnicka f

Etymology 2

Referring to the Biała, a tributary of the Vistula.

Biała (former city in Silesian Voivodeship)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲa.wa/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Biała f

  1. A former city in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Now part of Bielsko-Biała, called Biała Krakowska from 1925 until 1939.
Declension
declension of Biała
singular
nominative Biała
genitive Białej
dative Białej
accusative Białą
instrumental Białą
locative Białej
vocative Biała

Derived terms
  • (adjective) bialski
  • (nouns) bialanin m pers, bialanka f
  • (proper nouns) Biała Krakowska f, Bielsko-Biała n

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲa.wa/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Biała f

  1. A village in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
  2. A village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
Declension
declension of Biała
singular
nominative Biała
genitive Białej
dative Białej
accusative Białą
instrumental Białą
locative Białej
vocative Biała

Derived terms
  • (adjective) bialski
  • (nouns) bialanin m pers, bialanka f

See also

Further reading
  • Biała in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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