Barra
noun
an island in NW Scotland, in the Outer Hebrides: fishing, crofting, tourism. Pop: 1078 (2001)
Barra
1 British
/ ˈbærə /
noun
barra
2
British
/ ˈbærə /
noun
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BBC NI weather presenter Barra Best says it allows forecasters to "compare one season with another and look back through decades of weather records".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The research was led by first authors Nazli Robin and Nicole Barra of the Schertzer Lab at McMaster.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
This past week, General Motors said it expects gross tariff costs of $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion for the year, but Chief Executive Mary Barra described better than expected profitability estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
In July, GM Chief Executive Mary Barra said the company expected defense revenues of $700 million in 2026, describing the venture as a way to "improve margins and become less cyclical."
From Barron's
"I will tell him, child, and I promise you, Barra shall not go wanting."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Altering words and adding the odd slang term, a typical example was: "Zarra marra onna barra, Clara?"
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
The Queretaro team’s fan club, or "barra," will be banned from attending even local games for three years.
From Fox News ● Mar. 8, 2022
“When you say barra — ‘abroad’ in Egyptian Arabic — the implication is automatically of somewhere better,” Youssef Rakha, an Egyptian novelist, wrote in a 2020 essay, “Barra and Zaman.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Despite his best efforts, Mendez hasn't made a particularly good barra soldier.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2011
As the Italian has diverse malattie, “divers diseases,” de Lollis suggests that barra should be varias and that maladias was somehow dropped from the text. 410-5 Leones.
From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Julius E. Olson
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