{{wiktionary|Bala|bala}} '''Bala''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} == Films == *''Bala'' (1976 film), an English-language dance documentary *''Bala'' (2002 film), a Tamil-language action film *''Bala'' (2019 film), a Hindi-language black comedy
== Life forms == *Bala shark (''Balantiocheilos melanopterus''), a small freshwater fish of Southeast Asia *''Sida cordifolia'' (or bala), an Indian medicinal subshrub
== People and characters == {{see also|#Religion}} * Bala (name), list of people so named *Princess Bala, from 1998 animated film ''Antz'' *Bala, from the ''Devi'' comic book
== Places == === Africa === *Bala, Senegal
=== Asia === *Bal'a, West Bank, Palestine *Bala, Ankara, Turkey *Bala, Nepal *Bala, Russia, a selo in Sakha Republic *Bala, India, in Allahabad *Bala, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India *Bala, Ahor, Rajasthan, India
=== Europe === *Bala, Gwynedd, Wales **Bala Lake, Wales' largest natural lake **Bala Series of geologic beds *Bala, Mehedinți, Oltenia, Romania *Băla ({{langx|hu|Bala|link=no}}), Mureș, Transylvania, Romania *Rodopoli, former name Μπάλα - ''Bala'', a municipal unit in Greece
=== North America === *Bala, Kansas, United States *Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States *Bala, Ontario, Canada **Bala Aerodrome
== Religion == *Five Strengths, or ''bala'', in Buddhism *Bala Tripurasundari, a Hindu child goddess *Bala Ganapati, an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha *''Bala Kanda'', the first book of ''Ramayana'', an ancient Indian epic poem
== Other uses == *Bala (band), a Galician stoner rock music group *Bala language, spoken in the Congo *Bala language (China), a possibly extinct Tungusic language *Bala taxation, a system used in the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia
== See also == *Bal (disambiguation) *Balan (disambiguation) *Balla (disambiguation) *Bala station (disambiguation), stations of the name *Bala Hissar (disambiguation), places of the name *Bala Nagamma (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation|geo}}