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Barby

adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross. not-comparable, rare
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5470).
  2. 2
    A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  3. 3
    A commune in Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.
  4. 4
    A town on the Elbe in Salzlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Etymology

Seemingly from French barbé, barbée, but in French (language and heraldry) that term means something else ("bearded or wattled").

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