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Barra
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barra bárra bárrá barrá bårrå
English
<dab!>
Etymology 1
From en gd Barraigh.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbaɹə/ Scotland
en /ˈbæɹə/ RP
en /ˈbæɹə/ GA,nMmmm
en /ˈbɛɹə/ GA,Mmmm
en æɹə 2
Proper noun
en island arch/Outer Hebrides cc/Scotland.
Translations
Island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Scottish Gaelic: gd Barraigh
See also
en
Etymology 2
From en pt Barra.
Proper noun
en district city/Rio de Janeiro c/Brazil, where most venues of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were situated.
Etymology 3
From the creolized trade language of the river Gambia.Wright, Donald R. The World and a Very Small Place in Africa https://archive.org/details/worldandverysmal0000wrig M.E. Sharpe 1997 1-56324-959-6
Proper noun
en place c/Gambia.
300–301 301 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.
Etymology 4
Proper noun
en barangay city:pref/Lucena p/Quezon c/Philippines.
See also
heading IV-A Lucena
Etymology 5
From en Barrow.
Proper noun
en Barrovian Barrow-in-Furness. en town par/Barrow x/Westmorland and Furness co/Cumbria cc/England historically in x/Lancashire.
References
Nheengatu
Etymology
yrl pt Barra do Rio Negro, the former name of the city in the 19th century.yrl Avila:2021 289
Pronunciation
yrl
Proper noun
yrl proper noun
yrl Manaus Q40236
yrl w:pt:Frederico Benício de Sousa Costa Carta pastoral de D. Frederico Costa, Bispo do Amazonas a seus amados diocesanos Fortaleza Typ. Minerva 1909 Nheengatú rupi: vocabulario miri Kiti 195 https://archive.org/details/carta-pastoral-d-frederico-costa/page/n198/mode/1up?view=theater Xa-çú Barra kiti I go to Manaus.
References
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt municipality s/Bahia c/Brazil
pt municipality s/Rio de Janeiro c/Brazil
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :der es:barra +
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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tl barangay city/Lucena p/Quezon c/Philippines