barabara
[ bahr-uh-bahr-uh ]
/ ˌbɑr əˈbɑr ə /
noun
an Alaskan or north Siberian semisubterranean house built of sod or turf.
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Origin of barabara
1865–70, Americanism;<dialectal Russian barabóra; further origin uncertain
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Example sentences from the Web for 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