barabara
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of barabara
1865–70, < dialectal Russian barabóra; further origin uncertain
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We camped that night in a hunting barabara which belonged to Nikolai, and was most picturesquely situated on a small island.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
We made our permanent camp in a large barabara, a form of house so often seen in western Alaska that it deserves a brief description.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
High above the den where the three bears were killed was a scoop out of the cliff called the shaman's barabara.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
As we had seen nothing by four o'clock in the morning, we cautiously withdrew, and, going some distance down the shore, camped in an old hunting barabara.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
If the natives find no sign on their morning tour, they rest all day, perhaps taking a Turkish bath in a banya, which is not infrequently attached to the hunting barabara.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
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