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Barra

//ˈbaɹə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An island of Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
  2. 2
    A district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where most venues of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were situated.
  3. 3
    A place in the Gambia.

    "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."

Noun
  1. 1
    A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets. Geordie
  2. 2
    A barramundi. Australia

    "‘Nice fish,’ Norm said, looking at four charred-baked barra covered in fire ash stuffed into the bucket."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant forms.

Etymology 2

Clipping of barramundi.

Etymology 3

From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.

Etymology 4

From Portuguese Barra.

Etymology 5

From the creolized trade language of the river Gambia.

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