Bela may refer to:

Places

Asia

* Bela Pratapgarh, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India *Bela, a small village near Bhandara, Maharashtra, India *Bela, another name for the biblical city Zoara *

Bela, Dang Bela is a Village Development Committee in Dang Deokhuri District in Lumbini Province of south-western Nepal. The village borders Balrampur district of India in the south. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread nationa ...

, in Nepal *

Bela, Janakpur Bela is a town in Ishworpur Municipality in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Stati ...

, in Nepal *

Bela, Pakistan Bela ( bal, ) is an important city of Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is an ancient city in a historic track surrounded by hills above the Arabian Sea, nearly northwest of Karachi and south of Quetta. During the autu ...

, a town in Balochistan, Pakistan

Europe

Bela, Vidin Province Bela (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Бела) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria. It has a population of 108 inhabitants. It is part of the Dimovo Municipality, Dimovo municipality, Vidin Province. It is situated on the main highway E79 about 5. ...

, a village in Bulgaria * Bela, Varaždin County, a village in Croatia *

Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá, derived from ''bílá'' (''white''), is the name of several places in the Czech Republic: *Bělá (Havlíčkův Brod District), a municipality and village in the Vysočina Region *Bělá (Mírová pod Kozákovem), a village, a part of the m ...

, places in the Czech Republic *

River Bela The River Bela is a short (approximately ) river in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the ancient county of Westmorland. The river is formed by the confluence of Peasey Beck and Stainton Beck at Overthwaite. It runs through Beetham wh ...

, in Cumbria, England *

Bela (Epirus) Bela or Vela ( gr, Βελά) was a medieval fortress town and bishopric in Epirus, northwestern Greece. History Bela is located near the site of the modern Vella Monastery, some 2 km south of Kalpaki. The name is of Slavic origin. The fo ...

, a medieval fortress and bishopric in Epirus, Greece *Bela, a village administered by Pucioasa town, Dâmboviţa County, Romania *

Belá (disambiguation) Belá may refer to: Places in Slovakia * Belá, Nové Zámky District, a municipality and village * Belá, Žilina District, a village and municipality * Belá (river) Other uses * ''Belá'' (ballet), choreographed by Tim Rushton See also * Bela ...

, places in Slovakia *

Bela, Ajdovščina Bela (; it, Bella di Vipacco) is a small settlement at the source of White Creek ( sl, Bela), which is a tributary of the Vipava River in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Slovenian Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia. References Ext ...

, Slovenia *

Bela, Kamnik Bela () is a small settlement in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Sveti Miklavž (german: Sankt Nikolaus''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: '' ...

, Slovenia

People

* Béla (given name), Hungarian name *

Béla of Hungary (disambiguation) Béla of Hungary may refer to: * Béla I of Hungary ( 1016–1063), Roman Catholic Hungarian monarch * Béla II of Hungary ( 1110–1141), Roman Catholic Hungarian monarch * Béla III of Hungary ( 1148–1196), Roman Catholic Hungarian monarch * B ...

, any of five kings of Hungary to bear that name * Bela (or Belah), the name of three

Biblical figures Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative, as in the case of Nabal, a foolish man whose name means "fool". Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations, o ...

, including **

Bela ben Beor Among the Edomite kings of Genesis Genesis may refer to: Bible * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind * Genesis creation narrative, the f ...

, king of Edom * Bela of Saint Omer (died 1258), Crusader lord of one half of Thebes * Bela B (born 1962), German musician * Jacques de Bela (1586–1667), French-Basque lawyer and writer * Jean Philippe de Bela (1703–1796), French-Basque military figure and writer *

Leila Bela Leila Bela ( fa, ليلا بلا ) (born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-born American avant-garde musician, writer, photographer, actress, multi-instrumentalist, playwright, and recording artist from Austin, Texas. Early life and education Bel ...

, Iranian-American avant-garde musician * Jérémie Bela (born 1993), French footballer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Bela (comics), a Marvel Comics character * Bela, a female character in Lermontov's novel '' A Hero of Our Time'' * Bela Talbot, a character in the third season of the television series ''Supernatural''

Games

* Bela, a declaration in the card game belote * Bela (card game), a trick-taking card game, better known as Klaberjass

Biology

* ''Bela'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails * Bela, the fruit of the tree '' Aegle marmelos''

Organizations

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association The Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association ( bn, বাংলাদেশ পরিবেশ আইনজীবি সমিতি), or BELA (বেলা), is a nonprofit legal organization established in 1992 to assist efforts to protect th ...

(BELA) *

BESLA ''Besla'' is a small genus of miniature sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae within the tribe Chrysallidini (sensu taxonomy by Bouchet & Roctroi, 2005).Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Besla Dall & Bartsch, 190 ...

, formerly known as the Black Entertainment Lawyers Association (BELA)

Other uses

* Bela Biscuit, a tea biscuit from Chittagong, Bangladesh * ''BELA'', the stock symbol for the Greek company

Jumbo S.A. Jumbo Anonymi Etairia is a Greek company whose main operation is retail sale of toys, baby items, seasonal items, decoration items, books and stationery. The company was incorporated in 1986 and has its headquarters in Moschato, part of the Ath ...