Bahr

[ bahr ]

/ bɑr /

noun

Her·mann

[her-mahn], /ˈhɛr mɑn/, 1863–1934, Austrian playwright and critic.

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Words nearby Bahr

Bahawalpur, Bahia, Bahía Blanca, Bahia de los Cochinos, Bahia grass, Bahr, Bahrain, Bahraini, Bahr el Ghazal, Bahr el Jebel, baht

Example sentences from the Web for Bahr

A gunboat was also detailed to proceed a little way up the Sobat and the Bahr el Ghazal.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898|Bennet Burleigh
The Bahr Yusuf runs through the town, its banks lined with houses.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2|Various
The Concert, by Bahr, is mere trifling in comparison, all sawdust and simian gestures.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
It proved to be that of the boat from which the slaves had been liberated up near the mouth of the Bahr Giraffe.
Stanley in Africa|James P. Boyd

The name given to the lords of the Bahr el Ghazal zaribas and their men.
Fire and Sword in the Sudan|Rudolf C. Slatin

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