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Barra en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbæɹə/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈbæɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɛɹə/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈbaɹə/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.

Meanings

  1. An island of Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Translations (1)

gd Barraigh (Island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland)

Barra en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Portuguese Barra.

Meanings

  1. A district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where most venues of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were situated.

Barra en · PROPN · etymology 3

Etymology

From the creolized trade language of the river Gambia.

Meanings

  1. A place in the Gambia.
    • I got used to seeing Lamin’s disembodied head in a corner, smiling at me, streaming at us live from, I presumed, the only internet café in Barra. 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, pages 300–301:

Barra en · PROPN · etymology 4

Meanings

  1. A barangay of the city of Lucena, Quezon, Philippines.

Barra en · PROPN · etymology 5

Etymology

From Barrow.

Meanings

  1. Barrow-in-Furness. A town in Barrow parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, historically in Lancashire.