Balla

Balla

1. A village in County Mayo, Ireland.

Originally a nickname meaning "rascal," from balosso (“dumb, stupid, harebrained”).

Balla m or f by sense

1. a surname

   Giacomo Balla, Italian painter

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Balla”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 90.

• Valla

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάλλα (Bálla).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.la/, [ˈbälːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.la/, [ˈbälːä]

Balla f sg (genitive Ballae); first declension

1. An ancient town of Pieria

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Vallaeus

• “Balla”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly