Bali

From Balinese Bali, possibly from Sanskrit बलि-द्वीप (bali-dvīpa, “island of offerings”) or Sanskrit वली-द्वीप (valī-dvīpa, “island of waves”). Or from Sanskrit वली (valī) or Sanskrit वलि (vali) and from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa). Cf. Java.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• enPR: bäʹlē^[1]
• Homophone: barley (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɑːli

Bali

1. A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.
2. An island of Indonesia, just east of Java.

   Holonym: Lesser Sunda Islands

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 八里 (Bālǐ).

• Pa-li, Pali (Wade–Giles)

• enPR: bäʹlēʹ

Bali

1. A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
   • [1981 October 25, Robert Benjamin Kritzer, “This young American finds basic Chinese values still intact in old & new Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly‎^[3], volume XXII, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

     Forty minutes later, we found ourselves seated on boulders on the side of Kuan Yin Shan with a lovely view of the river and the town of Tamsui to the east and the farms and field of Pali to the north.]

   • 2013, Clive Cussler, Mirage (The Oregon Files)‎^[4] (Fiction), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 350:

     He roused Max from his Taipei hotel suite to tell him the change in plans and to meet the Oregon at the Bali District piers the following day.

   • 2017 December 15, Richard Saunders, “Off the Beaten Track: Best of Bali”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 December 2017, Features, page 13‎^[6]:

     New Taipei City’s Bali District (八里, across the river from Tamsui) isn’t a place that immediately springs to mind for tourist attractions.

Borrowed from Uneapa bali (“to not be”).

Bali

1. An island of Papua New Guinea.
2. The Uneapa language spoken on that island.

From Arabic بَلِي (balī).

Bali

1. An Arab tribe of Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

Bali

1. Obsolete form of Pali.

• Albi, Bail, Liab., bail

Possibly from Sanskrit बलि-द्वीप (bali-dvīpa, “island of offerings”) or Sanskrit वली-द्वीप (valī-dvīpa, “island of waves”). From Sanskrit बलि (bali), Sanskrit वली (valī) or Sanskrit वलि (vali) and from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa). Cf. Java.

• IPA^(key): /ba.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: ba‧li
• Homophone: bali

Bali (Balinese script ᬩᬮᬶ)

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)

• → Dutch: Bali
• → English: Bali
• → Indonesian: Bali
• → Malay: Bali

• “Bali” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.li]

Bali ?

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)

• balinès

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalɪ]

Bali n (relational adjective baliský or balijský, demonym Balijec, female demonym Balijka)

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.li/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ba‧li
• Rhymes: -aːli

Bali n

1. Bali

• Balinees

From Balinese Bali.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑli/, [ˈbɑ̝li]
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(key): Ba‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): Ba‧li

Bali

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒli]
• Hyphenation: Ba‧li

Bali

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)
   • 1960 July 31, K. I., “A szépség szigete”, in A Hét, volume 5, number 31, page 18:

     Van-e vajon még tája a Földnek, amelynek annyi neve volna, mint éppen Bali szigetének? […] S a döbbenetes halotti menet végigvonult Bali fővárosa, Den Pasar utcáin, elrettentő fenyegetésként. […] Ám Indonézia népe nem enged. S Bali és a többi 3000 sziget szabadon él.

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• bali

Clipping and -i diminutive of Balázs or Bálint.

Bali

1. a diminutive of the male given names Balázs or Bálint

From the given name Balázs or Bálint.^[1]

Bali

1. a surname

Hungarian surnames ending in -i or -y (both pronounced /i/, e.g. Munkácsy, Kölcsey, Petőfi, Jókai) may form their plurals with or without a linking vowel. These variants are usually synonyms with an occasional difference in meaning. (Reference in Hungarian: e-nyelv: The plural of surnames ending in -i or -y.)

• The variant with a linking vowel may indicate the persons belonging to the family with that surname.

  Megérkeztek a Munkácsyak! ― The Munkácsys (the Munkácsy family) are here!

• The variant without a linking vowel may indicate similar personalities or the works, writings, paintings, etc. of a famous person with that surname.

  Megérkeztek a Munkácsyk! ― The Munkácsys (the paintings of Munkácsy) are here!

From Balinese ᬩᬮᬶ, possibly from Sanskrit बलि-द्वीप (bali-dvīpa, “island of offerings”) or Sanskrit वली-द्वीप (valī-dvīpa, “island of waves”). From Sanskrit बलि (bali), Sanskrit वली (valī) or Sanskrit वलि (vali) and from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa). Cf. Java.

• IPA^(key): /bali/

Bali

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)

Bali

1. Balinese

• IPA^(key): /bali/
• Rhymes: -ali, -li, -i

Bali

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)

Bali

1. Balinese

• harimau Bali
• kucing Bali

Bali f

1. alternative spelling of Báli

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaʎi]

Bali n (genitive singular Bali)

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)

• “Bali”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈbali/ [ˈba.li]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ba‧li

Bali ?

1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)