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.
Meanings
A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.
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:
id Bali (island of Indonesia) · cmn 巴厘島 /巴厘岛 (island of Indonesia) · el Μπαλί (island of Indonesia) · eo Balio (island of Indonesia) · nl Bali (island of Indonesia) · ja バリ島 (island of Indonesia) · sa वलिद्वीप (island of Indonesia) · de Bali (island of Indonesia) · ko 발리섬 (island of Indonesia) · hi बाली (island of Indonesia) · ru Ба́ли (island of Indonesia) · mr बाली (island of Indonesia) · sa वलीद्वीप (island of Indonesia) · scn Bali (island of Indonesia) · pl Bali (island of Indonesia) · fi Bali (island of Indonesia) · cs Bali (island of Indonesia) · hy Բալի (island of Indonesia) · ko 발리 (island of Indonesia) · es Bali (island of Indonesia) · acw بالي (island of Indonesia) · fr Bali (island of Indonesia) · pt Báli (island of Indonesia) · hu Bali (island of Indonesia) · ka ბალი (island of Indonesia) · ban Bali (island of Indonesia) · it Bali (island of Indonesia) · lt Balis (island of Indonesia) · ca Bali (island of Indonesia) · da Bali (island of Indonesia) · sv Bali (island of Indonesia) · ar بَالِي (island of Indonesia) · ja バリ (island of Indonesia) · et Bali (island of Indonesia) · ms Bali (island of Indonesia) · th บาหลี (island of Indonesia) · sl Bali (island of Indonesia) · no Bali (island of Indonesia) · he באלי (island of Indonesia) · cmn 巴厘 (island of Indonesia) · mt Bali (island of Indonesia) · ta பாலி (island of Indonesia)
Bali en · PROPN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
bä′lē′
Etymology
From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 八里 (Bālǐ).
Meanings
A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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:
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:
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:
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Translations (4)
pl Bali (district in northern Taiwan) · yue 八里 (district in northern Taiwan) · cmn 八里 (district in northern Taiwan) · nan-hbl 八里 (district in northern Taiwan)