Barra
noun
an island in NW Scotland, in the Outer Hebrides: fishing, crofting, tourism. Pop: 1078 (2001)
Barra
1 British
/ ˈbærə /
noun
barra
2
British
/ ˈbærə /
noun
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BBC NI weather presenter Barra Best says it allows forecasters to "compare one season with another and look back through decades of weather records".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The research was led by first authors Nazli Robin and Nicole Barra of the Schertzer Lab at McMaster.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
In late June and early July he toured Scotland in a white Ford Transit van, visiting various locations including Dunoon, Glencoe, John O'Groats, Skye, Uist, Barra and Lewis.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Barra said she expects the trajectory to continue into 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I named her Barra," she said as the child nursed.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Altering words and adding the odd slang term, a typical example was: "Zarra marra onna barra, Clara?"
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
The Queretaro team’s fan club, or "barra," will be banned from attending even local games for three years.
From Fox News ● Mar. 8, 2022
“When you say barra — ‘abroad’ in Egyptian Arabic — the implication is automatically of somewhere better,” Youssef Rakha, an Egyptian novelist, wrote in a 2020 essay, “Barra and Zaman.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Despite his best efforts, Mendez hasn't made a particularly good barra soldier.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2011
XX, gives baquira as the name of wild pigs in Nicaragua, and baquira and begare are obviously identical. 410-4 For the word barra no explanation can be offered except what is derived from the context.
From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Julius E. Olson
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