belah

[ bee-luh ]

/ ˈbi lə /

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noun

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Origin of belah

First recorded in 1860–65, belah is from the Wiradjuri word bilārr

Words nearby belah

Bela, belabor, belabor the point, belabour, Belafonte, belah, bélandre, Bel and the Dragon, Belarus, Belarussian, Belasco

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How to use belah in a sentence

This village is known as Deir el Belah, or, more frequently, merely as Belah.
With the British Army in The Holy Land|Henry Osmond Lock
The importance of Ludd far eclipsed the quondam glory of Belah, and came nearer to rivalling that of Kantara.
With the British Army in The Holy Land|Henry Osmond Lock
On April 1st, orders were received that the Brigade would move, the next day, back to the area previously occupied at Belah!
Through Palestine with the 20th Machine Gun Squadron|Unknown
Preparations had also to be made and the necessary material accumulated to push forward the lines from Deir el Belah and Shellal.
World's War Events, Vol. II|Various

Our new camp was right in the sandhills, near the aerodrome at Deir-el-Belah, where we did intensive divisional training.
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry|D. D. Ogilvie

British Dictionary definitions for belah

belah

belar

/ (ˈbiːlɑː) /

noun

an Australian casuarina tree, Casuarina glauca, yielding a useful timber

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