Bara

Bara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bara"

English

Etymology

In Romania, from Romanian Bara.

Proper noun

Bara

  1. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A district in Madhesh province, Nepal.
  3. A commune of Timiș County, Romania.
  4. A village in Bara, Timiș County, Romania.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bara f

  1. a commune of Timiș County, Romania
  2. a village in Bara, Timiș County, Romania

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bara/, [ˈbara]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: Ba‧ra

Proper noun

Bara f

  1. a female given name, hypocoristic variant of Barbora

Declension

Declension of Bara
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeBaraBary
genitiveBaryBár
dativeBareBarám
accusativeBaruBary
locativeBareBarách
instrumentalBarouBarami

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, 2003–2026

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bà.ɾà/

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 [1], 1965
  • Wood, Molara. Finding Bàrà: History at an Empire Town [2], 2022