The story
- Old Irish · derived frombaile“place, town”
- Manx · derived fromBalley Sallagh
- English todayBallasalla
From Manx Balley Sallagh, from Old Irish baile (“place, town”) + sail (“willow”), Ballasalla thus means 'place of the willows'.
Words from the same roots
Old Irishbaile all →
Balgonie
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.