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Balliol

American  
[beyl-yuhl, bey-lee-uhl] / ˈbeɪl yəl, ˈbeɪ li əl /

noun

  1. a college of Oxford University, founded before 1268.


Balliol British  
/ ˈbeɪlɪəl /

noun

  1. See Baliol

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Balliol authorities seemed not to find this amusing, even with the coy little hyphens.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2020

Protesters waving European flags even gathered outside Balliol College, Mr. Johnson’s alma mater at Oxford.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2019

Like Johnson, he is a product of both Eton and Balliol College, at the University of Oxford.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 19, 2019

All-male teams and all-male finals - such as last year's contest between Balliol College Oxford and Wolfson College Cambridge - have been criticised by the likes of historian and broadcaster Mary Beard.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2018

John Balliol, perhaps, that’s a good ironic name, the miserable Scottish king William Wallace lost his life defending.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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