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Barbara

American  
[bahr-bruh, -ber-uh] / ˈbɑr brə, -bər ə /

noun

  1. a first name: from a Greek word meaning “foreign, exotic.”


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Following her first solo concert residency in New York City in 1977, Dolly Parton hosted a party that drew everyone from Andy Warhol to Barbara Walters.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Caines is grateful for the attention his stars have brought to Dos Pueblos, located in the foothills across the 101 Freeway from UC Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

In 1984, he and his wife, Journal reporter Barbara Rosewicz, were transferred to Cairo to cover the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

A shark drone photographer captured extraordinary footage of a great white circling a swimmer off the coast of Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Less than a week later Barbara and Frank Powers sat at a table in an Athens nightclub, toasting her arrival with champagne.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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