Biała
Encyclopedia
Biała is a Polish word for white. It appears in many Polish toponyms:
Towns
- Biała, also called Biała Prudnicka, in Opole Voivodeship
- Biała Piska, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
- Biała Podlaska, in Lublin Voivodeship
- Biała Rawska, in Łódź Voivodeship
Villages and former towns
- Biała Krakowska, since 1950 part of Bielsko-BiałaBielsko-Biała-Economy and Industry:Nowadays Bielsko-Biała is one of the best-developed parts of Poland. It was ranked 2nd best city for business in that country by Forbes. About 5% of people are unemployed . Bielsko-Biała is famous for its textile, machine-building, and especially automotive industry...
, in Silesian Voivodeship (S Poland) - Biała, Rzeszów, since 2009 part of Rzeszów, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland)
- Biała, former name of Janów LubelskiJanów LubelskiJanów Lubelski is a town in eastern Poland. It has 11,882 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodship . It is the capital of Janów Lubelski County.It has a large hospital...
, a town in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) - Biała, former name of BielawaBielawaBielawa is a town in south-western Poland with 31,988 inhabitants . It is situated in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship ; previously it has been a part of the Wałbrzych Voivodeship ....
, a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) - Biała, Gmina Trzcianka in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
- Biała, Gmina Wieleń in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
- Biała, Kalisz County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
- Biała, Konin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
- Biała, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
- Biała, Kutno County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
- Biała, Pajęczno County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
- Biała, Piotrków County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
- Biała, Zgierz County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
- Biała, Wieluń County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
- Biała, Legnica County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
- Biała, Świdnica County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
- Biała, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
- Biała, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
- Biała, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
- Biała, Bytów County in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland)
- Biała, Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland)
- Biała, Stargard CountyBiała, Stargard CountyBiała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzany, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Dobrzany, east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...
in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) - Biała, Szczecinek CountyBiała, Szczecinek CountyBiała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biały Bór, within Szczecinek County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Biały Bór, north-east of Szczecinek, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...
in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland)
Rivers
- Biała (Supraśl), tributary of the Supraśl
- Biała (Vistula), tributary of the Vistula
- Biała Głuchołaska, right tributary of Nysa Kłodzka
- Biała Lądecka, right tributary of Nysa Kłodzka
Other
- Puszcza Biała, a forest between the Narew and Bug rivers, in Masovian Voivodeship
- Biała Góra (disambiguation), the name of several locations in Poland
- Biala (Hasidic dynasty)Biala (Hasidic dynasty)The Biala Hasidic dynasty originated from Poland. The Rebbes of Biala are descended from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowicz, known as the Yid Hakodosh .-Lineage:...
, a Hasidic dynasty from Biała Podlaska