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Boal is a name given to several varieties of grape cultivated in Portugal, notably in the production of medium-rich fortified wines from Madeira Island. On many wine labels of Madeira wine, the variety's name is anglicized as Bual. Madeira from Bual is typically less sweet than that from Malmsey, but more sweet than Sercial or Verdelho. The vines are also common in Portugal and Spain, where the fruit is used in the same way for fortified wines.
Boal ( Galician-Asturian: Bual) is a municipality, a civil parish and a town in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias ( Spain). It borders north with El Franco and Coaña, south with Illano, west with Castropol and east with Villayón.
The main way of access to the municipality is the regional road AS-12, which connects Navia with Grandas de Salime. The whole municipality has a population of 1,776 inhabitants, whereas there are about 526 inhabitants in the capital town.
Boal can refer to:
- Boal, Spanish municipality in Asturias
- Boal (surname)
- Bual, grape/wine
- Another name for the Spanish wine grape Doña Blanca
- Augusto Boal, Brazilian theater director
- Peter Boal, Pacific Northwest Ballet balletmaster and former New York City Ballet principal
- Boal (fish), Asian freshwater fish
- San Boal, Spanish name for Saint Baudilus
- Boal (parish)
The Boal surname is a variant of Bowell and Boyle. It is common in people of English, Welsh, and Irish descent. In Ireland it is a variant of Boyle while in northern Ireland it developed from the name Bowell.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Augusto Boal (1931-2009), Brazilian theater director
- Carmine Boal (born 1956), American politician
- Desmond Boal (born 1929 ), Northern Ireland politician and barrister
- Don Boal (1907–1953), Canadian rower
- Iain Boal, Irish social historian
- Mark Boal (born 1973), American journalist, screenwriter and film producer
- Peter Boal (born 1965), American balletmaster and former New York City Ballet principal
- Robert Boal (1806–1903), American politician and physician
- Theodore Davis Boal (1867–1938), American army veteran (Colonel) and architect
- Walter Boal (born c. 1879), All-American football player and hammer thrower
- William Boal (died 1970), imprisoned for association with Mail Train robbery in 1963
Usage examples of "boal".
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