barra
/ˈbæɹə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.89 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An island of Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
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A district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where most venues of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were situated.
name
A barangay of the city of Lucena, Quezon, Philippines.
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Barrow-in-Furness. A town in Barrow parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, historically in Lancashire.
Example Sentences
- "‘Nice fish,’ Norm said, looking at four charred-baked barra covered in fire ash stuffed into the bucket."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Barraigh, Barra
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbæɹə/
- British English: /ˈbæɹə/