Bela may refer to:

Places

Asia

Bela Pratapgarh Bela Pratapgarh is a town and a municipal board in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, Pratapgarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the Bela Pratapgarh NPP had a total population of 76,133 ...

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

Zoara Zoara, called Zoar/Tzoar or Bela in the Hebrew Bible, Segor in the Septuagint, and Zughar by medieval Arabs,Guy Le Strange (1890). ''Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500'']. Alexander P. Wa ...

* Bela, Dang, 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 Stat ...

, in Nepal *

Bela, Pakistan Bela (), () is a city in Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is an ancient city surrounded by hills above the Arabian Sea, nearly northwest of Karachi and south of Quetta. During the autumn of 325 BC, the settlement was ...

, a town in Balochistan, Pakistan

Europe

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

Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá may refer to: Places in the Czech Republic * Bělá (Havlíčkův Brod District), a municipality and village in the Vysočina Region * Bělá (Opava District), a municipality and village in the Moravian-Silesian Region * Bělá (Pelhřimov D ...

, 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 w ...

, 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), Ialomița River, ...

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 * ...

, places in Slovakia *

Bela, Ajdovščina Bela (; ) is a small settlement at the source of White Creek (), which is a tributary of the Vipava River in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in C ...

, Slovenia * Bela, Kamnik, Slovenia

People

Béla (given name) Béla (; Slavic variants are ''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 the symbolism is "gu ...

, 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 * ...

, any of five kings of Hungary to bear that name * Bela (or Belah), the name of three Biblical figures, including ** Bela ben Beor, king of Edom * Bela of Saint Omer (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 *

Bela of Britonia Bela of Britonia (? - 675 - ?) was a medieval Galician clergyman. References * ''Episcopologio Mindoniense''. CAL PARDO, Enrique, 2003, . External links *Official web site of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol 7th-century Galician bi ...

, clergyman and bishop *

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 obtaine ...

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

Jean Philippe de Bela Jean-Philippe de Bela, known as ''chevalier de Bela'', (3 February 1703 – 1796) Order of Saint Louis, OSL was a France, French-Basque people, Basque military figure and writer in basque language, born at Mauléon, Soule. Among his works, he wr ...

(1703–1796), French-Basque military figure and writer *

Leila Bela Leila Bela () is an Iranian-born American avant-garde musician, writer, photographer, actress, multi-instrumentalist, playwright, and recording artist from Austin, Texas. Early life and education Bela was born Leila Bela Kousheshi, in Tehra ...

(born 1970), 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 the Angola national team. He has played for Lens, Dijon, Albacete, Birmingham City and Clermont. He represented his native France at under- ...

(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 varie ...

, 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 ga ...

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

Games

Bela (card game) Belote () is a 32-card, trick-taking, ace–ten game played primarily in France and certain European countries, namely Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia (country), Georgia (mainly Guria), Greece, Luxembourg, Moldova, North M ...

, a trick-taking card game, also called Belot ** Bela, a declaration in the card game of the same name

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 species of tree native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is present i ...

Organizations

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association The Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (), or BELA (বেলা), is a nonprofit legal organization established in 1992 to assist efforts to protect the environment. In 2003, it was placed on the 'Global 500 Roll of Honour' of the Unite ...

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

Other uses

* Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, 2024 South African legislation * 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 ...