Barra
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæɹə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈbaɹə/, /ˈbarə/
Proper noun[edit]
Barra
- An island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Translations[edit]
Island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Portuguese Barra.
Proper noun[edit]
Barra
- A district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where most venues of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were situated.
Etymology 3[edit]
From the creolized trade language of the river Gambia.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Barra
- A place in the Gambia.
- 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, pages 300–301:
- 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.
References[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Barra
- A municipality of Bahia, Brazil
- A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- English terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Islands
- en:Places in Scotland
- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- en:Neighborhoods in Brazil
- en:Places in Rio de Janeiro
- en:Places in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- en:Places in Brazil
- en:Places in the Gambia
- English terms with quotations
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Municipalities of Bahia, Brazil
- pt:Places in Bahia, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil
- pt:Municipalities of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- pt:Places in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil