Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great barr

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
great barr
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (originally South Staffordshire) (OS grid ref SP0495).

name

parts of Birmingham and Walsall, near to the above.

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *barr (“tip, point, peak”) (cf. Irish bàrr). With Great added to disambiguate from Little Barr; see also Perry Barr.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does great barr mean?
A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (originally South Staffordshire) (OS grid ref SP0495).
Where does great barr come from?
From Proto-Brythonic *barr (“tip, point, peak”) (cf. Irish bàrr). With Great added to disambiguate from Little Barr; see also Perry Barr.

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