Balsa

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.sa/, [ˈbäɫ̪s̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.sa/, [ˈbälsä]

Balsa f sg (genitive Balsae); first declension

1. An ancient town in Lusitania situated near the mouth of the Anas

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Balsenses

• Balsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Balsa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly