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Biały is a Polish word for white. It appears in several Polish toponyms.
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Cities and towns
There are four cities in Poland known as Biała:
- Biała, in the Opole Voivodship
- Biała Piska, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship
- Biała Podlaska, in the Lublin Voivodship
- Biała Rawska, in the Łódź Voivodship
Another Biała is, since 1950, part of Bielsko-Biała, in the Silesian Voivodship.
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Rivers
Rivers named Biała include:
- Biała, right tributary of Dunajec
- Biała Głuchołaska, right tributary of Nysa Kłodzka
- Biała Lądecka, right tributary of Nysa Kłodzka
Other rivers with Biała in their name include:
- Biała Przemsza, source river of Przemsza
- Biała Wisełka, source river of Vistula
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Other
- Puszcza Biała, a forest between Narew and Bug rivers, in the Masovian Voivodship
- Biała Góra, a hill near Miechów, in the Lesser Poland Voivodship
- Biala, a Hasidic dynasty from Biała Rawska