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Barbados en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/ (UK)
  • (UK) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊz/ (US)
  • /bɑɹˈbeɪ.dəs/ (US)
  • /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/ (US)
  • /baɹˈba.dos/ (Philippines)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Italic *farðā Latin barba Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin barbātus Portuguese barbado Portuguese barbadosbor. English Barbados From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.

Meanings

  1. An island and country in the Caribbean.

Forms

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Barbadoes alternative, archaic lexicographic

Deriveds

Barbados leaf-toed gecko · Barbados Blackbelly · Barbados lily · Barbados racer · Barbados leg · Barbados raccoon · pride of Barbados · Barbados cherry · Barbados nut · Barbados threadsnake · Barbados bullfinch · Barbados anole

Translations (88)

pt Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · am ባርቤዶስ (country in the Caribbean) · mi Pāpatohe (country in the Caribbean) · ht Lababad (country in the Caribbean) · ki Babados (country in the Caribbean) · kam Mbabedos (country in the Caribbean) · hu Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · no Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · km បាបាដុស (country in the Caribbean) · et Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · kk Барбадос (country in the Caribbean) · si බාබඩෝස් (country in the Caribbean) · hy Բարբադոս (country in the Caribbean) · tt Барбадос (country in the Caribbean) · gl Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · is Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · sw Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · vi Bác-ba-đốt (country in the Caribbean) · tg Барбадос (country in the Caribbean) · sl Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · ta பார்படோசு (country in the Caribbean) · cy Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · ky Барбадос (country in the Caribbean) · mn Барбадос (country in the Caribbean) · th บาร์เบโดส (country in the Caribbean) · fa باربادوس (country in the Caribbean) · ga Barbadós (country in the Caribbean) · la Barbāta (country in the Caribbean) · ast Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · be Барба́дас (country in the Caribbean) · sv Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · it Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · gcf Barbad (country in the Caribbean) · ia Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · ro Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · ar بَرْبَادُوس (country in the Caribbean) · luo Babedos (country in the Caribbean) · ml ബാർബേഡോസ് (country in the Caribbean) · nv Hashkʼaan bikéyah (country in the Caribbean) · cs Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · ta பார்படோஸ் (country in the Caribbean) · uz Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · cmn 巴巴多斯 (country in the Caribbean) · luy Ebabados (country in the Caribbean) · nl Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · nrf Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · bg Барбадос (country in the Caribbean) · da Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · hi बारबाडोस (country in the Caribbean) · kn ಬಾರ್ಬಡೋಸ್ (country in the Caribbean) · mer Babados (country in the Caribbean) · eo Barbado (country in the Caribbean) · tr Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · es Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · ja バルバドス (country in the Caribbean) · pa ਬਾਰਬਾਡੋਸ (country in the Caribbean) · my ဘာဘေးဒိုးစ် (country in the Caribbean) · el Μπαρμπάντος (country in the Caribbean) · ca Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · ug باربادوس (country in the Caribbean) · az Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · fr Barbade (country in the Caribbean) · bn বার্বাডোস (country in the Caribbean) · kln Babados (country in the Caribbean) · lv Barbadosa (country in the Caribbean) · sh Барбадос (country in the Caribbean) · ko 바베이도스 (country in the Caribbean) · mt il-Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · gur Barbadro (country in the Caribbean) · uk Барба́дос (country in the Caribbean) · br Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · jam Baabiedoz (country in the Caribbean) · ur بارباڈوس (country in the Caribbean) · mk Барбадос (country in the Caribbean) · arw Ichirouganaim (country in the Caribbean) · sk Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · om Baarbeedoos (country in the Caribbean) · lo ບາກບາດ (country in the Caribbean) · ka ბარბადოსი (country in the Caribbean) · te బార్బడోస్ (country in the Caribbean) · pl Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · lt Barbadosas (country in the Caribbean) · de Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · sh Barbados (country in the Caribbean) · he בַּרְבֶּדוֹס (country in the Caribbean) · ko 바베이도즈 (country in the Caribbean) · ru Барба́дос (country in the Caribbean) · fi Barbados (country in the Caribbean)

wikidata: Q244

Barbados en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/ (UK)
  • (UK) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊz/ (US)
  • /bɑɹˈbeɪ.dəs/ (US)
  • /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/ (US)
  • /baɹˈba.dos/ (Philippines)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Italic *farðā Latin barba Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin barbātus Portuguese barbado Portuguese barbadosbor. English Barbados From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.

Meanings

  1. (historical) To press-gang (force into naval service).
    • The Barbadian planters […] resorted to shipping in hundreds of Scottish and Irish soldiers who’d been taken prisoner during Oliver Cromwell’s conquest. When that supply ran out, they took to kidnapping children, so many that a new term was coined: “barbadosed” meant the same thing in the late seventeenth century as “shanghaied” would in the twentieth. 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 7, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

Forms

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Barbadosed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Barbadosed Tense=Past lexicographic
Barbadosing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Barbadoses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Barbadoes alternative, archaic lexicographic