name
Meaning 1
An English and Scottish surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
barr
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /bɑɹ/
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A commune in Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France.
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name
Meaning 3
A village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX2794).
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name
Meaning 4
A locality in Bishop's Hull parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1925).
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name
Meaning 5
A township in Daviess County, Indiana, United States.
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name
Meaning 6
A township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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noun
Meaning 7
Obsolete spelling of bar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 8
To make the sound of an elephant.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 9
Obsolete spelling of bar.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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History
Etymology
As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from barr (“height, hill, tip”). As an English surname, from bar.
See bar.
From French barrir (“to trumpet; to make the sound of an elephant”), from Old French barrire, from Late Latin barriō, from Latin barrus (“elephant”).