Barre
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- proper noun
- /bɛr/
- People, including Robert Griffin of Wilkes-Barre, depend on the access cards to buy food.
- Siad Barre
- Wilkes-Barre
- Barre, Pennsylvania
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Watch on YouTubeWe're out in up in Portland, ME, Burlington, Vt Albany, dude, we went to Wilkes Barre.
- We're out in up in Portland, ME, Burlington, Vt Albany, dude, we went to Wilkes Barre.
- Because it, it's Scranton and Wilkes Barre is like Jersey City and Hoboken, like how they're next to each other.
Examples
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"We're sitting here with some wind damage in Wilkes-Barre, which is nothing compared to what they're experiencing."
Blog text (13) -
My name is Father Barre.
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We must send for Father Barre.
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If Father Barre is right, my good Sisters, you may save yourselves yet.
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I am soon coming to Wilkes-Barre or New York.
Academic text (1995) -
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, has one of the highest rates in the state of young people locked up in the juvenile home.
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I found the trailer park outside Wilkes-Barre where a certain Mona Splevetsky lived.
Fiction book (1999) -
David Bohm was born on December 20, 1917, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a small Polish and Irish mining town.
Academic text (1993) -
Following Barre's ouster, USC self-proclaimed interim President Ali Mahdi sought to convene a national reconciliation conference.
Academic text (1993) -
My last encounter with former Somali president Mohammed Siad Barre was a troubling experience.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Barre comes from the French word barre, which means 'bar' or 'ridge' and is like the English word bar. So places or families named Barre were often named for a natural 'bar' or small ridge, which explains the place name and surname.