Bela

American  

[bey-luh, bel-uh] / ˈbeɪ lə, ˈbɛl ə /

noun

1. a first name.

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Example Sentences

Ryan Preciado’s new site-responsive installation at Hollyhock House, “Diary of a Fly,” is titled after a late-1930s musical composition by Béla Bartók that imitates the frenzied pace of a fly — a fitting name since his show reconceptualizes the experience of the springtime pest flitting around a house.

From Los Angeles Times

There would be many awards, nine Grammys among them, including two for the ensemble’s 1980s recordings of Béla Bartók’s string quartets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Throughout his career, Kurtag drew inspiration from literature and the works of famous compatriots like Bela Bartok.

From Barron's

Thanks to his table tennis prowess, Béla disarms bombs for the Nazis in the woods.

From Los Angeles Times

She incorporates films as seemingly irrelevant but surprisingly apropos as the Bela Lugosi horror movie “The Black Cat” and an Astaire-Rogers musical.

From The Wall Street Journal