English word origin

Etymology of Barra

From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.

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Source etymology 1

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name

An island of Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.

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Borrowed-form mentionBarraighgd

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Source etymology 2

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name

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

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Portuguese Barra.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Borrowed-form mentionBarrapt

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Source etymology 3

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name

A place in the Gambia.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the creolized trade language of the river Gambia.

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Source etymology 5

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Barrow-in-Furness. A town in Barrow parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, historically in Lancashire.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Barrow.

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