Bali

Ba·li
B3A1L1I1
/ˈbɑːli/

proper noun

A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.

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Meanings

Bali1

proper noun
  1. A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.
  2. An island of Indonesia, just east of Java.

    Riding along the busy, narrow roads of Bali on her scooter with the sun illuminating her face, Victoria Kjos has a clear destination in sight — the beach.

    2025 July 31, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “‘Everyone I know in the US who has a conscience wants to leave’: Why this American woman relocated to Bali”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2025

Bali2

proper noun

alternative Pa-li · alternative Pali

  1. A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

    He roused Max from his Taipei hotel suite to tell him the change in plans and to meet the Oregon at the Bali District piers the following day.

    2013, Clive Cussler, Mirage (The Oregon Files) (Fiction), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 350
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    Forty minutes later, we found ourselves seated on boulders on the side of Kuan Yin Shan with a lovely view of the river and the town of Tamsui to the east and the farms and field of Pali to the north.

    [1981 October 25, Robert Benjamin Kritzer, “This young American finds basic Chinese values still intact in old & new Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

    New Taipei City’s Bali District (八里, across the river from Tamsui) isn’t a place that immediately springs to mind for tourist attractions.

    2017 December 15, Richard Saunders, “Off the Beaten Track: Best of Bali”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2017, Features, page 13

Bali3

proper noun
  1. The Uneapa language spoken on that island.

Bali4

proper noun

Bali5

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Pali.

Origin

Bali · proper noun

  1. Sanskritद्वीप
  2. Sanskritवलि
  3. Sanskritवली
  4. Sanskritवली-द्वीप“island of waves”
  5. Sanskritबलि-द्वीप“island of offerings”
  6. BalineseBali
  7. EnglishBali

Borrowed from Balinese Bali, possibly from Sanskrit बलि-द्वीप (bali-dvīpa, “island of offerings”) or Sanskrit वली-द्वीप (valī-dvīpa, “island of waves”). Or from Sanskrit वली (valī) or Sanskrit वलि (vali) and from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa). Cf. Java.

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Bali · proper noun

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 八里 (Bālǐ).

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Bali · proper noun

  1. Uneapabali“to not be”
  2. EnglishBali

Borrowed from Uneapa bali (“to not be”).

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Bali · proper noun

  1. Arabicبَلِي
  2. EnglishBali

Borrowed from Arabic بَلِي (balī).

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Translations

Arabic بَالِي
  • بَالِي (bālī)island of Indonesia
Catalan Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Chinese Cantonese 八里
  • 八里 (baat³ lei⁵)district in northern Taiwan
Chinese Mandarin 巴厘島 /巴厘岛, 巴厘
  • 巴厘島 /巴厘岛 (Bālí dǎo)island of Indonesia
  • 巴厘 (Bālí)island of Indonesia
  • 八里 (Bālǐ)district in northern Taiwan
Czech Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Danish Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Dutch Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Esperanto Balio
  • Balioisland of Indonesia
Estonian Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Finnish Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
French Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
German Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Greek Μπαλί
  • Μπαλί (Balí)island of Indonesia
Hebrew באלי
  • באליisland of Indonesia
Hindi बाली
  • बाली (bālī)island of Indonesia
Hungarian Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Indonesian Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Italian Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Japanese バリ島, バリ
  • バリ島 (Bari-tō)island of Indonesia
  • バリisland of Indonesia
Korean 발리섬, 발리
  • 발리섬 (Balliseom)island of Indonesia
  • 발리 (Balli)island of Indonesia
Lithuanian Balis
  • Balisisland of Indonesia
Malay Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Norwegian Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Polish Bali, Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
  • Balidistrict in northern Taiwan
Portuguese Báli
  • Báliisland of Indonesia
Russian Ба́ли
  • Ба́ли (Báli)island of Indonesia
Spanish Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Swedish Bali
  • Baliisland of Indonesia
Tamil பாலி
  • பாலி (pāli)island of Indonesia
Thai บาหลี
  • บาหลี (baa-lǐi)island of Indonesia

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Bali

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Sounds the same

barley (non-rhotic)

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Bali. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bali

MLA

“Bali.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bali. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bali,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bali.

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