barrow

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəʊ/
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• Scotland: /ˈbaɾo/
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• Wales: /ˈbaɾou/
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English surname, from placenames derived from Old English bearu (“grove”). The place in Furness is of Celtic origin, from *barros (“promontory, peak”) + Old Norse ey (“island”). The place in Alaska, now known as Utqiagvik, was named after nearby Point Barrow (Nuvuk). In 1826, Point Barrow was named after Sir John Barrow, a British geographer.

From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhérǵhos (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bherǵh- (“to rise up, ascend; to be elevated, up high”). Doublet of berg and bergh. Cognates Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), North Frisian Bārig, beerch, beeri, beerj, berag, berig, berri, bärj (“mountain”), Saterland Frisian Bierich, Bíerig, Bäirch (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Cimbrian pèrge (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), German Low German Barg (“mountain”), Limburgish berg, Bärrech (“hill, mountain”), Luxembourgish Bierg (“mountain”), Mòcheno pèrg (“mountain”), Yiddish באַרג (barg, “mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Elfdalian bjärr (“hill, mountain”), Faroese berg, bjarg (“cliff”), bjørg (“cliffs”), Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish berg (“mountain”); also Northern Luri برگ (berg, “mountain”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian бе́рег (béreg, “bank, shore”).

From Middle English barowe, barwe, barewe, from Old English bearwe (“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *barwā, *barwijā, from Proto-Germanic *barwǭ, *barwijǭ (“stretcher, bier”) (compare Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere (“wheelbarrow”)), from *beraną (“to bear”). More at bear.

From Middle English barow, bareȝ, bareh, from Old English bearg, bearh (“boar”), from Proto-West Germanic *barug, *barah, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz, *barahaz. Cognate with Old Frisian barch, Old Saxon barug, Old High German barug (German Borg), Old Norse bǫrgr.

From Middle English *berwe, *borwe, *bergh (attested in hamberwe and berwham (“horse-collar”)), from Middle English berwen (“to protect”), from Old English beorgan (“to protect”).

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 巴羅 /巴罗 (Bāluó) — City in Alaska
• Inupiaq: Utqiaġvik — City in Alaska
• Marathi: बॅरो (bĕro) — City in Alaska
• Irish: an Bhearú — River in Ireland
• Marathi: बॅरो (bĕro) — River in Ireland
• Bashkir: уба (uba) — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Bulgarian: гробна могила (grobna mogila) — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Catalan: túmul — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Chinese Mandarin: 墳塚 /坟冢 (fénzhǒng) — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Chinese Mandarin: 古墓 (gǔmù) — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Crimean Tatar: bayır — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Czech: mohyla — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Danish: gravhøj — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Danish: kæmpehøj — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Danish: stendysse — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Danish: dysse — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Dutch: grafheuvel — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Dutch: tumulus — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Dutch: grafterp — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Esperanto: tumulo — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Finnish: hautakumpu — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• French: tumulus — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• North Frisian: beerg — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Galician: mámoa — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Galician: túmulo — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Galician: anta — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• German: Grabhügel — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• German: Bearg — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• German: Bàrig — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• German: Barg — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• German: Bèèrg — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Bavarian German: Bearg — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Central Franconian: Bärrsch — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Indonesian: kubur prasejarah — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Irish: créthulach adhlactha — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Irish: barra adhlactha — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Italian: tumulo — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Korean: 봉분 (bongbun) — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Latin: tumulus — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Macedonian: могила (mogila) — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Malay: monggok — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Mòcheno: Pergh — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Polish: kurhan — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Polish: kopiec — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Portuguese: túmulo — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Portuguese: anta — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Russian: курга́н (kurgán) — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Russian: моги́льный холм (mogílʹnyj xolm) — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Serbo-Croatian: mogila — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Zazaki: kopek — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Zazaki: tumulus — mound of earth and stones raised over a grave
• Armenian: սայլակ (saylak) — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Assamese: ঠেলা (thela) — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Assamese: ঠেলাগাড়ী (thelagari) — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Bulgarian: ръчна количка (rǎčna količka) — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Czech: ruční vozík — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Danish: trillebør — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Danish: trækvogn — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Dutch: kar — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Dutch: steekkar — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Dutch: duwkar — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Dutch: kruiwagen — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• French: brouette — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Galician: cozo — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• German: Karren — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• German: Karre — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Hungarian: talicska — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Ido: brueto — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Irish: bara — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Italian: carretto — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Occitan: carriòl — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Occitan: carriòla — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Polish: taczka — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Polish: taczki — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Portuguese: carrinho de mão — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Russian: та́чка (táčka) — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Spanish: carretilla — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Spanish: carrucha — small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand
• Bulgarian: шопар (šopar) — castrated boar
• Chinese Mandarin: 阉公猪 — castrated boar
• Czech: vepř — castrated boar
• Danish: galt — castrated boar
• Dutch: barg — castrated boar
• Finnish: leikko — castrated boar
• Finnish: kaltti — castrated boar
• French: castrat — castrated boar
• German: Borg — castrated boar
• Hungarian: ártány — castrated boar
• Irish: borra — castrated boar
• Lithuanian: par̃šas — castrated boar
• Norwegian Bokmål: galte — castrated boar
• Polish: kastrowany wieprz — castrated boar
• Romanian: mascur — castrated boar
• Russian: боров (borov) — castrated boar
• Slovak: brav — castrated boar
• Lower Sorbian: wjapś — castrated boar
• Lower Sorbian: batś — castrated boar
• Volapük: hosvin — castrated boar
• Volapük: ömsvin — castrated boar