Balaclava Explained

Balaklava usually refers to:

• Balaklava, a town in Crimea
  • Battle of Balaclava, a battle of the Crimean War
  • Balaklava District, an administrative raion (district) of the city of Sevastopol

Balaclava refers to:

• Balaclava (clothing), a type of cloth cap.

Balaclava and Balaklava also refers to:

Other places

• Balaclava, New South Wales, Australia
• Balaklava, South Australia, Australia
• Balaclava, Victoria, Australia
  • Balaclava railway station, Melbourne
  • Division of Balaclava, a former electoral division
• Balaclava, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
• Balaclava, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
• Balaclava, Jamaica
  • Balaclava railway station, Jamaica
• Balaclava, New Zealand, a suburb of Dunedin
• Balaclava Junction, a tram junction in Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia
• Balaclava Bay, Portland Harbour, England
• Balaclava Mine, in the Australian ghost town of Whroo, Victoria

Other uses

• Balaklava, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
• Balaklava (album), by Pearls Before Swine, 1968
• "Balaclava" (song), a song by the Arctic Monkeys from the 2007 album Favourite Worst Nightmare
• Balaclava (film), a 1928 British silent war film

See also

• • Baklava, a layered pastry dessert