Barra

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈbaɹə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæɹə/ (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈbæɹə/ (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹə/ Rhymes: -æɹə ==== Proper noun ==== Barra An island of Outer Hebrides, Scotland. ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Barra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From Portuguese Barra. ==== Proper noun ==== Barra A district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where most venues of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were situated. === Etymology 3 === From the creolized trade language of the river Gambia. ==== Proper noun ==== Barra A place in the Gambia. === References === == Nheengatu == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Barra do Rio Negro, the former name of the city in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbara/, (Rio Negro) [ˈba.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -ara === Proper noun === Barra Manaus (a municipality, the state capital of Amazonas, Brazil) === References === Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “Barra”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 289 == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Barra f a municipality of Bahia, Brazil a municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil