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Bale

Bale can refer to any of the following:

Places

Bale (town), a small town in Croatia
Bale Province, Ethiopia, a former province in Ethiopia
Bale Zone in Oromia, Ethiopia
Bale, Norfolk in England
Bale, Poland
Balé Province, Burkina Faso
Basel, the Swiss city, for which the French name is Bâle
A fictional city The Legend of Dragoon for Playstation

People

Christian Bale, English actor born in Wales
Edward Turner Bale, English physician
Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer for Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
John Bale, English churchman and playwright
John Bale (baseball), Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals
J.R. Bale, Business consultant, college professor
Sir Henry Bale, Chief Justice, Colony of Natal

Industrial packaging

Hay bale or straw bale, in farming, bound by a baler
Paper bale, a unit of paper measurement equal to ten reams
A compressed package of any one of a variety of textiles, such as
Wool bale
Cotton

Other

Bale out, to escape a damaged aircraft by parachute. Distinct from bail, payment of a surety to be released from imprisonment. Bail out can mean to assist somebody in difficulty, usually financial, by analogy with paying to have someone released from jail.
Bale out, also to remove water that has entered a boat, usually by collecting it in a container and pouring it over the side, as distinct from pumping out with a pump.
Akar-Bale language
bale, an archaic synonym for evil
bale, a bale of rocks, which is a group of rocks.
Bale, also spelt bail, to mess up a skateboarding move while performing it. Also known as a Bail/Bale out.
Bale, also spelt bail. A jewellery findings item (jewellery findings are components regularly used in the manufacture of jewellery). A bale is a component which is used to attach or suspend a pendant or similar from a chain or other item. A bale will commonly be in the form of a triangular loop which can be clipped or soldered on to a ring.
Bale is a collective noun for turtles

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Bale" occurs as such in the following languages: English, French, Serbo-Croatian.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bosnian: Bale (čvor), Croatian: Bale (razdvojba), Hebrew: בייל, Slovenian: Bale (razločitev).


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