balas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of balas
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin balasius, variant of balascius < Arabic balakhsh, back formation from Persian Badakhshān, district near Samarkand, where gem is found
Example Sentences
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Las puertas y ventanas de la casa están forradas con vidrio a prueba de balas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2019
Até pouco tempo atrás, a Nestlé patrocinava uma barcaça que entregava dezenas de milhares de embalagens de leite em pó, iogurte, sobremesas lácteas de chocolate, biscoitos e balas a comunidades isoladas da bacia Amazônica.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2017
Os requerentes incluíam a Associação Nacional das Indústrias de Biscoitos, o lobby dos produtores de milho e uma associação de empresas de chocolates, cacau e balas.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2017
About his neck was a baldric of balas rubies, and over his robe he wore the collar of the Order of the Garter.
From Windsor Castle by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The white were pearls; the clear and transparent, diamonds; the deep red, rubies; the paler, balas rubies; the green, emeralds; the blue, turquoises; the purple, amethysts; and those that were of yellow cast, sapphires.
From Types of Children's Literature by Barnes, Walter
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