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balass

balass is the alternative form of balas.

Meaning of balas

Noun

balas (plural balases)

  1. (archaic, attributive) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.

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Forms of balass

pluralbalasses

Questions about balass

What is balass the alternative form of?
Balass is the alternative form of balas.

Words near balass in the dictionary

  1. balases
  2. Balash
  3. Balashes
  4. Balashikha
  5. Balasore
  6. balass
  7. Balassa
  8. Balassa index
  9. Balassa-Samuelson effect
  10. Balassa-Samuelson effects
  11. balasses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: balass (page history and authors); balas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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