Barbera

American  

[bahr-bair-uh, bahr-be-rah] / bɑrˈbɛər ə, bɑrˈbɛ rɑ /

noun

1. a red wine grape grown primarily in the Piedmont region of Italy and the Central Valley of California.

2. a dry red wine produced from this grape.

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Barbera British  

/ baːˈbeɪrə /

noun

1. Joseph. See Hanna

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Example Sentences

“It’s not as if you had a shutdown in an environment where people were comfortable saying the next six months was going to look like the last six months,” said Robert Barbera, director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Financial Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the Duke, René Barbera, a light and agreeably lyric tenor, goes his own way.

From Los Angeles Times

Tomer Zvulun’s staging of Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” which premiered at the 2019 Houston Grand Opera, opens May 31, 2025, with Quinn Kelsey, Rosa Feola in her company debut and René Barbera.

From Seattle Times

Venice's artistic director Alberto Barbera had predicted that the actors of just three of the 23 films in competition would not be able to come to the festival because of the strike.

From Reuters

However, the festival's artistic director, Alberto Barbera, said that just three of the 23 films in the main competition - "The Killer", "Maestro" and "Poor Things" - would be impacted by the strike, with their actors not coming to Venice.

From Reuters