Bela may refer to:

Places

Asia

Bela Pratapgarh Bela Pratapgarh is a town and a municipal board in Pratapgarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the m ...

, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India *Bela, a small village near

Bhandara Bhandara () is a city and municipal council which serves the administrative headquarters of eponymous administrative Bhandara Taluka and Bhandara district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is connected with NH-53 and NH-247. Overvie ...

, Maharashtra, India *Bela, another name for the biblical city

Zoara Zoara, the biblical Zoar, previously called Bela (), was one of the five "cities of the plain" – a pentapolis at that time of Abram or Abraham named later, it was a highly fertile valley apparently located along the lower Jordan Valley and t ...

* Bela, Dang, in Nepal * Bela, Janakpur, in Nepal * Bela, Pakistan, a town in Balochistan, Pakistan

Europe

* Bela, Vidin Province, a village in Bulgaria * Bela, Varaždin County, a village in Croatia * Bělá (disambiguation), 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), a medieval fortress and bishopric in Epirus, Greece *Bela, a village administered by

Pucioasa Pucioasa () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Bela, Diaconești, Glodeni, Malurile, Miculești and Pucioasa-Sat. The town is located on the middle course of the Ialomița River, north of Târgovi ...

town, Dâmboviţa County, Romania * Belá (disambiguation), 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 Littoral region of Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), of ...

, Slovenia * Bela, Kamnik, Slovenia

People

Béla (given name) Béla (; Serbian or Slovak variants are ''Бeлa, Bela'' or ''Belo'') is a common Hungarian male given name. Its most likely etymology is from old Hungarian ''bél'' ("heart; insides" in Old Hungarian and "intestines" in modern Hungarian; in both ...

, Hungarian name * Béla of Hungary (disambiguation), 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, king of Edom *

Bela of Saint Omer Bela of Saint Omer was a French knight, descended from a Fauquembergues family who were castellans of the eponymous castle of Saint-Omer.Lognon (1969), p. 244 His father, Nicholas I of Saint Omer, received lands in Boeotia in the aftermath of ...

(died 1258), Crusader lord of one half of Thebes *

Bela B Dirk Albert Felsenheimer (born 14 December 1962),''Die Ärzte. Ein überdimensionales Meerschwein frisst die Erde auf'', p. 80 better known under his stage name Bela B (formerly Bela B.), is a German musician, songwriter, actor and author, b ...

(born 1962), German musician *

Jacques de Bela Jacques de Bela (15 February 1586 – 28 May 1667) was a French-basque lawyer and writer in basque language, born at Mauléon. Among his works, he wrote ''Dictionnaire Basque'' and ''Compendium de grammaire Basque''. Life At age 20 he obtain ...

(1586–1667), French-Basque lawyer and writer *

Jean Philippe de Bela Jean-Philippe de Bela, known as ''chevalier de Bela'', (3 February 1703 – 1796) OSL was a French- Basque military figure and writer in basque language, born at Mauléon, Soule. Among his works, he wrote ''L'histoire des basques'' and also '' ...

(1703–1796), French-Basque military figure and writer * Leila Bela, Iranian-American avant-garde musician *

Jérémie Bela Jérémie Bela (born 8 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Ligue 1 club Clermont and the Angola national team. He has played for Lens, Dijon, Albacete and Birmingham City. He represented his native Fr ...

(born 1993), French footballer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Bela (comics) The Brotherhood of Mutants, also known as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and the Brotherhood, is a team of comic book mutant supervillains in Marvel Comics' universe who are devoted to mutant superiority over normal humans. Their roster has varied ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Bela, a female character in Lermontov's novel ''

A Hero of Our Time ''A Hero of Our Time'' ( rus, Герой нашего времени, links=1, r=Gerój nášego vrémeni, p=ɡʲɪˈroj ˈnaʂɨvə ˈvrʲemʲɪnʲɪ) is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1839, published in 1840, and revised in 1841. It ...

'' *

Bela Talbot Bela Talbot is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's drama/horror television series ''Supernatural'', portrayed by Lauren Cohan. Appearing only in the third season, she uses knowledge of the supernatural world to her personal gai ...

, a character in the third season of the television series ''Supernatural''

Games

* Bela, a declaration in the card game

belote Belote () is a 32-card, trick-taking, Ace-Ten game played primarily in France and certain European countries, namely Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia (mainly Bitola), Bosnia and Herzegovina and al ...

Bela (card game) 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, in Nepal *Bela, Janakpur ...

, 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 ''Aegle marmelos'', commonly known as bael (or ''bili'' or ''bhel''), also Bengal quince, golden apple, Japanese bitter orange, stone apple or wood apple, is a rare species of tree native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is pre ...

Organizations

* Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) * BESLA, 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.