Barra

From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɹə/, /ˈbarə/

Barra

1. An island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

• Barra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Portuguese Barra.

Barra

1. A district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where most venues of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were situated.

From the creolized trade language of the river Gambia.[1]

Barra

1. A place in the Gambia.
   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, pages 300–301:

     I got used to seeing Lamin’s disembodied head in a corner, smiling at me, streaming at us live from, I presumed, the only internet café in Barra.

Barra

1. A municipality of Bahia, Brazil
2. A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil