Barra

Barra

See also: barra, bárra, bárrá, and barrá

English

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɹə/, /ˈbarə/

Proper noun

Barra

1. An island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Translations

Island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Scottish Gaelic: Barraigh

See also

• Barra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Portuguese Barra.

Proper noun

Barra

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

Etymology 3

From the creolized trade language of the river Gambia.[1]

Proper noun

Barra

1. A place in the Gambia.
   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, Hamish Hamilton, 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

1. Wright, Donald R. (1997) The World and a Very Small Place in Africa‎, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Barra

1. A municipality of Bahia, Brazil
2. A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil