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barabara

[bahr-uh-bahr-uh]
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noun

an Alaskan or north Siberian semisubterranean house built of sod or turf.

Origin of barabara

1865–70, Americanism; < dialectal Russian barabóra; further origin uncertain
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Historical Examples of barabara

  • He is equally at ease in the barabara and in the palace-like homes of the rich when he visits the large cities of the world.

    Alaska

    Ella Higginson

  • They camped in a barabara where white men had slept a few nights before, and heard their own language spoken by native tongues.