Bari

//ˈbæɹi// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Bari and the region of Apulia, Italy.
  2. 2
    Synonym of Motilon (“their language”).
  3. 3
    A Nilotic language of Sudan.
  4. 4
    A metropolitan city of Apulia, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Bari.
  5. 5
    A former province of Apulia. historical
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  1. 6
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A baritone saxophone colloquial

    "A basic 17-piece jazz orchestra never uses more than one bari; to see four lined up in a row you'd usually have to go to an instrument repair shop."

  2. 2
    Synonym of Motilon (“a people of Colombia”). plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    A tribe of Karo, Nilotic people inhabiting South Sudan, who speak the Bari language. plural, plural-only
  4. 4
    A baritone (singer) colloquial

Etymology

Etymology 1

Short for baritone.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Bari, ultimately from Latin Barium.

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