Barros

American  

[bahr-roosh] / ˈbɑr rʊʃ /

noun

1. João de the Portuguese Livy, 1496–1570, Portuguese historian.

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Barros British  

/ ˈbɑːrruʃ /

noun

1. João de (ʒu[~ə]u ˈdəː). 1496–1570, Portuguese historian: noted for his history of the Portuguese in the East Indies, Décadas da Ásia (1552–1615)

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Example Sentences

Tiana Sumanasekera scored a 9.925, and Katelyn Rosen, Sydney Barros and Mika Webster-Longin each scored a 9.850.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Needing a big performance on beam, Barros set the tone with a 9.825.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

“Based on current visibility, we expect sequential growth every quarter this year, leading to what we expect to be a strong growth year for Ichor,” CEO Phil Barros said on a conference call.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

“Based on current visibility, we expect sequential growth every quarter this year, leading to what we expect to be a strong growth year for Ichor,” CEO Phil Barros said on a conference call.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

João de Barros was able to claim in 1555 that Hercules’ pillars, ‘which he set up at our very doorstep, as it were,...have been effaced from human memory and thrust into silence and oblivion’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton