Barra

¹ British  

/ ˈbærə /

noun

1. an island in NW Scotland, in the Outer Hebrides: fishing, crofting, tourism. Pop: 1078 (2001)

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barra ² British  

/ ˈbærə /

noun

1. informal a barramundi

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Example Sentences

Chief Executive Mary Barra’s first job as a co-op student was inspecting Pontiac hoods and fenders.

From The Wall Street Journal

Samples were collected near the Santa Maria da Serra dam, close to the Barra Bonita reservoir, where contaminants from across the river basin tend to gather.

From Science Daily

In a statement to parliament, she proposed that contracts to build two new vessels for the Sound of Harris and Sound of Barra - under Phase Two of the Small Vessel Replacement Programme - are directly awarded to Ferguson Marine.

From BBC

Barra Vieja – Barra Vieja is a coastal Mexican restaurant in the heart of Doral, just outside of Miami.

From Salon

Understandably, GM CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday External link that Carney’s move was “a very slippery slope.”

From Barron's