Bale

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Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Industrial packaging 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] 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

[edit] People

• Christian Bale (b. 1974), English actor born in Wales
• David Bale (1941-2003), South African entrepreneur
• Edward Turner Bale (1810-1849), English physician
• Elvin Bale, English circus daredevil
• Ernest Bale (1878-1952), English cricketer
• Gareth Bale (b. 1989), Welsh footballer for Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
• Sir Henry Bale, Chief Justice, Colony of Natal
• John Bale (1496-1563), English churchman and playwright
• John Bale (baseball) (b. 1974), Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals
• J.R. Bale, Business consultant, college professor
• Lan Bale (b. 1969), former South African tennis player
• Qoriniasi Bale, Fijian lawyer and politician
• Sue Bale, British nursing researcher and administrator

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Baal
• Bales

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