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Byala (other)
Byala may refer to: * Byala, Varna Province, a town in Varna Province in northeastern Bulgaria * Byala, Ruse Province, a town in Ruse Province in northern Bulgaria * , a village in Sliven Municipality in southeastern Bulgaria *Nawarupa Nawarupa (, also spelt nawa rupa; , ), also known as byala ( Arakanese: ဗျာလ or ဗျာလ္လ), is a chimeric creature found in Burmese and Rakhine (Arakanese) mythology. Description The beast is made of 9 animals, possessing the ... - a mythical creature in Burmese and Arakanese mythology See also * Biala (other) {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byala, Varna Province
Byala ( ,) is a small town and seaside resort in eastern Bulgaria, located on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Byala Municipality and lies in a semi-mountainous region in the easternmost branches of Stara Planina about 50 km south of the city of Varna and 70 km north of Burgas. As of June 2022, the town had a population of 2,205. History The first known settlement here, near Cape St. Athanasius (''Sveti Atanas'') just south of town, is dated back to the 6th century BC. Its Greek name was perhaps ''Larissa'', later, ''Aspros'' (''White''). Later the Roman road service station ''Templum Iovis'' (''Temple of Jupiter,'' today's Obzor) was erected with a fortress nearby. The region became part of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681 AD; the Bulgarian fortress of ''Vicha'' stood later perhaps on cape Beli Nos (''Cape White'') north of town. In the Ottoman period (from the late 14th century through 1878), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byala, Ruse Province
Byala ( ) is a town in Ruse Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Byala Municipality. The town is located on the crossroad between roads that connect Ruse with Veliko Tarnovo and Pleven with Varna. Close to it is the town of Borovo. The noted Belenski most (Byala Bridge) over the Yantra River is located in the vicinity. The Liberation War Museum dedicated to the Russo-Turkish War can also be found in the town. As of December 2009, Byala had a population of 9,015.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sliven Municipality
Sliven Municipality () is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria. Demography At the 2011 census, the population of Sliven was 125,268. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (70.65%) with a minority of Turks (3.35%) and Gypsies/Romani (9.7%). 14.88% of the population's ethnicity was unknown. Villages In addition to the capital town of Sliven Sliven ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. It is situated in the Sliven Valley at the foothills of th ..., there are 44 villages in the municipality: References {{Sliven Province Municipalities in Sliven Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawarupa
Nawarupa (, also spelt nawa rupa; , ), also known as byala ( Arakanese: ဗျာလ or ဗျာလ္လ), is a chimeric creature found in Burmese and Rakhine (Arakanese) mythology. Description The beast is made of 9 animals, possessing the head of an elephant, the eyes of a deer, the horns of a rhinoceros, the tongue and wings of a parrot, the body and legs of a lion, and the tail of a peafowl. In the Konbaung dynasty, the nawarupa decorated one of the ceremonial royal barges. See also * Mythical creatures in Burmese folklore * Yali (mythology) Yali (, ), also called Vyāla (), is a South Indian mythological creature, portrayed with the head and the body of a lion, the trunk and the tusks of an elephant, and sometimes bearing equine features. Images of the creature occur in many ... * List of hybrid creatures in folklore * Hatsadiling * Pyinsarupa References {{reflist Burmese legendary creatures Mythological hybrids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
