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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bara"

English

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Etymology

In Romania, from Romanian Bara.

Proper noun

Bara

  1. A district in Madhesh province, Nepal.
  2. A commune of Timiș County, Romania.
  3. 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

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
More information singular, plural ...

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, 2003–2025

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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