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balas-rubies

balas-rubies is the plural of balas-ruby.

Meaning of balas-ruby

Noun

balas-ruby (plural balas-rubies)

  1. A rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a type of ruby.
    • In shape it is a tiny square box of silver, studded outside with eight small balas-rubies.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Bisara of Pooree”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 171

Questions about balas-rubies

What is balas-rubies the plural of?
Balas-rubies is the plural of balas-ruby.

Words near balas-rubies in the dictionary

  1. balapiravir
  2. Balarama
  3. balas
  4. balas rubies
  5. balas ruby
  6. balas-rubies
  7. balas-ruby
  8. balase
  9. balases
  10. Balash
  11. Balashes

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