bale

v. package, tie up

n. bundle, package; evil; misery (Archaic)

Bale can refer to any of the following: PlacesBasel, the Swiss city, for which the French name is BâleBale, Istria, CroatiaBalé Province, Burkina FasoBale Province, Ethiopia, a former province in EthiopiaBale Zone in Oromia, EthiopiaBale, Norfolk in EnglandA fictional city The Legend of Dragoon for Playstation.
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Balé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, with Boromo as capital. Its area is 4,595 km² with a population of 197,000 (2005 est.)Boromo is located on the main road from Ouagadougou to Bobo-Dioulasso and known for its National Park where one can see savannah elephant herds.Bale is divided into 8 departments:BagassiBanaBoromoFaraOuryPaPouraYaho
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Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , , , ) is Switzerland's third most populous city (165,529 inhabitants (2006); 690,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerland's second-largest urban area as of 2003).
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Noun
1. a city in northwestern Switzerland
(synonym) Basel, Basle
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Suisse, Schweiz, Svizzera

Noun
1. a large bundle bound for storage or transport
(hypernym) bundle, sheaf
(hyponym) hay bale
Verb
1. make into a bale; "bale hay"
(hypernym) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

n. Basel, city in northwest Switzerland

v. bleat, baa