Barra
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.
Pronunciation
edit- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈbaɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæɹə/
- (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈbæɹə/
- (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹə/
- Rhymes: -æɹə
Proper noun
editBarra
- An island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Translations
editIsland in Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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See also
editEtymology 2
editFrom Portuguese Barra.
Proper noun
editBarra
- A district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where most venues of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were situated.
Etymology 3
editFrom the creolized trade language of the river Gambia.[1]
Proper noun
editBarra
- 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
editNheengatu
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Portuguese Barra do Rio Negro, the former name of the city in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBarra
- Manaus (a municipality, the state capital of Amazonas, Brazil)
- 1909, Frederico Benício de Sousa Costa, “Kiti”, in “Nheengatú rupi: vocabulario miri”, in Carta pastoral de D. Frederico Costa, Bispo do Amazonas a seus amados diocesanos, Fortaleza: Typ. Minerva, page 195:
- Xa-çú Barra kiti […]
- I go to Manaus.
References
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editBarra
- a municipality of Bahia, Brazil
- a municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æɹə
- Rhymes:English/æɹə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Islands
- en:Places in Scotland
- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
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- en:Neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro
- 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
- Nheengatu terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Nheengatu unadapted borrowings from Portuguese
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- Nheengatu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Nheengatu/ara
- Rhymes:Nheengatu/ara/2 syllables
- Nheengatu lemmas
- Nheengatu proper nouns
- yrl:Manaus
- yrl:Municipalities of Amazonas, Brazil
- yrl:Cities in Amazonas, Brazil
- yrl:Cities in Brazil
- yrl:State capitals of Brazil
- yrl:Places in Amazonas, Brazil
- yrl:Places in Brazil
- Nheengatu 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