Bara

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bara"

English

Etymology

From Romanian Bara.

Proper noun

Bara

  1. A commune of Timiș, Romania.
  2. A village in Bara, Timiș, Romania.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bara (“pond, swamp”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bara f

  1. A commune of Timiș, Romania
  2. A village in Bara, Timiș, Romania

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bara f (genitive singular Bary, nominative plural Bary, genitive plural Bár, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Barbora

Declension

Declension of Bara
singular plural
nominative Bara Bary
genitive Bary Bár
dative Bare Barám
accusative Baru Bary
locative Bare Barách
instrumental Barou Barami

Further reading

  • “Barbora”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bàrà

  1. (historical) the royal burial site of the Aláàfin of the Ọ̀yọ́ empire in the capital city of Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé
  2. the current royal burial site of the Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́, established after the destruction of Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé in present-day Ọ̀yọ́ town.

References

  • Smith, Robert. THE BARA, OR ROYAL MAUSOLEUM, AT NEW OYO , 1965
  • Wood, Molara. Finding Bàrà: History at an Empire Town , 2022
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