Bari

[ bahr-ee ]

/ ˈbɑr i /

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noun

a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.

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Italian Bari delle Puglie.

Words nearby Bari

bar girl, bargoon, bar graph, Bar Harbor, barhop, Bari, bariatric, bariatrician, bariatrics, baric, Bari delle Puglie

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“Bari had a black beard when he was arrested,” Salam Khan says.
Freed Taliban Prisoners in Pakistan and Afghanistan Return to Jihad|Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Salam Khan recalls Bari telling him after he was released that he has no regrets.
Freed Taliban Prisoners in Pakistan and Afghanistan Return to Jihad|Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After his release Bari returned to his family for a few months to regain his health and then quickly rejoined the insurgency.
Freed Taliban Prisoners in Pakistan and Afghanistan Return to Jihad|Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“This is a war of sacrifice, not of green dollars,” says Bari Khan, a Taliban commander in Ghazni province.
Afghanistan: Mixed Reviews for Obama’s Visit|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|May 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST

They are moving people to Sicily, Bari, and Brindisi, but not fast enough.
My Harrowing Libya Escape|Tareke Brhane|April 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Is it by your fasting that the walls of Bari have been overturned?
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
Taranto, Otranto and Bari are mere place names for which most do not even know where to look on the map.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car|Francis Miltoun
The resistance of Salerno was maintained above eight months; the siege or blockade of Bari lasted near four years.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
The Bari warriors have been much recruited for the Egyptian army and were formerly used as slave-hunters by the Arab traders.
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Syracuse was lost, but Bari was won back and those parts of Calabria which had been occupied by the Saracens.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Bari

Bari

/ (ˈbɑːrɪ) /

noun

a port in SE Italy, capital of Apulia, on the Adriatic coast. Pop: 316 532 (2001)

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