Biała

See also: Białą, biała, białą, and biala

Polish

Biała (city in Opole Voivodeship)

Etymology 1

From biały (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbja.wa/

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Proper noun

Biała f

1. A city in Opole Voivodeship, Poland.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) Biała Prudnicka, (historic) Biały, (historic) Biały Solc

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:

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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:

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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

• Bielsko

Further reading

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