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Breton
Proper noun
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- a female given name
References
- Alain Stéphan, Tous les Prénoms bretons, 1996, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, →ISBN, page 21
Cebuano
Proper noun
Barba
- a surname
Faroese
Proper noun
Barba f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Barbara
Usage notes
Matronymics
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Latin
Etymology
From barba (“beard”).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba/,
Proper noun
Barba m sg (genitive Barbae); first declension
- a Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Cassius Barba (a friend of Caesar, who gave Cicero guards for his villa, when Caesar paid him a visit in 44 BC)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Barba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 2 Barba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “207/2”
Plautdietsch
Noun
Barba m (plural Barbasch)
- barber