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balas (bal′əs, bāl′-)

noun

a pink or orange type of ruby spinel, a semiprecious stone

Etymology: ME baleis < OFr balais < ML balascius < Ar balakhsh, after Pers Badaḫšān, name of province in Afghanistan where the gem occurs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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