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Barra

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Southern island of the larger Outer Hebrides , Scotland, part of the Western Isles unitary council area; area 90 sq km/35 sq mi; population (2001) 1,100. It is separated from South Uist by the Sound of Barra. The principal town is Castlebay. The main industries are fishing and tourism. Archaeological sites of interest on Barra include Allt Chrisal/Allt Easdale, a neolithic site dating from around 4000 BC . Above the valley of Borve is Dun Bharra, a well-preserved neolithic burial chamber. There are also a number of standing stones on the island. The fishing and fish-curing activities of the 19th century declined in the middle of the 20th century, although with government funding fishing has recently experienced a revival. The population has declined significantly since the 1911 figure of 2,620, and is predicted to fall further. Scheduled air services land at low tide on the beach at Traigh Mhor in the north. Car ferries sail from Castlebay to and from Oban, Lochboisdale on South Uist, …
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Full text Article Barra

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
‘hill island’. A tradition has it that the name derives from St Barr ( c. 560- c. 615), Bishop of Cork, to whom there was once a chapel dedicated on Barra (some say he was sent here by Columba after the previous missionary had fallen prey to cannibals). However, the name is actually from an OCelt…
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Full text Article Barra

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Southern island of the larger Outer Hebrides , Scotland, part of the Western Isles unitary council area; area 90 sq km/35 sq mi; population (2001) 1,100. It is separated from South Uist by the Sound of Barra. The principal town is Castlebay. The main industries are fishing and tourism. …
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Full text Article Guagán Barra

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Irish, ‘mountain recess of Barra’, referring to Barra or Bairre , alternative names of St Finbarr. A beautiful valley nestling among the dramatic SHEHY MOUNTAINS of County Cork, some 20 km (12 miles) northeast of Bantry. It is also spelt Gougane Barra , and is in the Guagan Barra Forest Park…
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Full text Article barra

From Collins Spanish Dictionary
[SF] 1 (= pieza alargada ) bar a [ de metal ] bar, ingot b ( en armario ) rail c ( en un bar ) bar, counter d ( en autoservicio ) counter e Mec rod f [ de bicicleta ] crossbar • beber en la barra to drink at the bar • la bandera de las barras y estrellas the Stars and Stripes a barras derechas…
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Full text Article Mary Barra (1961–)

From The American Women's Almanac: 500 Years of Making History
Mary Barra (1961–)
The chair and CEO of the General Motors Company, the largest automotive company in the United States, Barra was born Mary Teresa Makela in Royal Oak, Michigan. The family moved to Waterford, Michigan, where Barra attended public schools. Her father worked for forty years at the Pontiac car factory…
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Full text Article MCIVER, Margaret (Maggie) (‘The Barras Queen’)

From The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
n. Russell , born Bridgeton, Glasgow, 9 May 1879, died Cambuslang 31 May 1958. Entrepreneur, founder of the Glasgow ‘Barras’ market and Barrowland Ballroom. Daughter of Margaret Hutcheson, French polisher, and Alexander Russell, policeman. Maggie Russell began her working life as a French polisher, …
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(born June 30, 1755, Fox-Amphoux, France—died Jan. 29, 1829, Chaillot) French revolutionary. A Provençal nobleman, Barras became disenchanted with the royal regime and welcomed the French Revolution . Elected to the National Convention (1792), he played a key role in the overthrow of Maximilien…
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Full text Article Gougane Barra

From Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
A beauty spot and place of pilgrimage near Ballingeary in Co. Cork. The valley has a lake that is the source of the River Lee. On the lake is an island, connected to the shore by a causeway, where St FINDBAR (also Finbarr or Bairre, the latter giving rise to ‘Barra’), the patron saint of Cork, …
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(pōl fräNswä' zhäN nēkōlä', vēkôNt' dӘ bärä'), 1755–1829, French revolutionary. Although of a noble family, he joined the Jacobins in the Revolution and was a member of the Convention. He participated in the reprisals against counterrevolutionaries in Toulon after the recapture of the city from the…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
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