Bale can refer to any of the following:

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Places

• Basel, the Swiss city, for which the French name is Bâle
• Bale, Istria, Croatia
• Balé Province, Burkina Faso
• Bale Province, Ethiopia, a former province in Ethiopia
• Bale Zone in Oromia, Ethiopia
• Bale, Norfolk in England
• A fictional city The Legend of Dragoon for Playstation

People

• Christian Bale, Welsh-born actor
• Edward Turner Bale, English physician
• Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer for Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
• John Bale, English churchman and playwright
• John Bale (baseball), Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals

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

Other

• Akar-Bale language
• bale, an archaic synonym for evil
• bale, a bale of rocks, which is a group of rocks.
• to "bale out" is to exit an airborne aircraft while wearing a parachute (presumably from the resemblance of a backpack parachute to a hay bale). Also spelled bail (as in exiting an untenable situation.)
• 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

See also

• Bail, a homophone of "bale"
• Baal

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