Barbara Definition

bärbə-rə, -brə
noun
A feminine name: dim. Babs, Barb, Barbie; var. Barbra, Babette.
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A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y".

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pronoun
A female given name.
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other
Greek Christian whose legendary life and martyrdom formed the basis for many later works of religious art. Her feast, December 4, was dropped from the Catholic liturgical calendar in 1969.
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Other Word Forms of Barbara

Noun

Singular:
Barbara
Plural:
barbaras

Origin of Barbara

  • Name of a legendary saint, Latin Barbara, feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (barbaros, “strange, foreign”). Compare Sanskrit बर्बर (barbara, “barbarian”).

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  • An arbitrarily chosen word with three A's in it representing universal affirmatives.

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Barbara Sentence Examples

  • He flew in from Santa Barbara, California on a red-eye.

  • Ferdinand was married in 1729 to Maria Magdalena Barbara,.

  • Accordingly, however expressed, the syllogisms quoted above are, as thought, ordinary syllogisms, (I) being Camestres in the second figure, (2) and (3) Barbara in the first figure.

  • Eight other cities had populations of more than 5000 - Riverside City (7973), Vallejo (7965), Eureka (7327), Santa Rosa (6673), Santa Barbara (6587), San Bernardino (6156), Santa Cruz (5659), and Pomona (5526).

  • During the Civil War the city was occupied on different occasions by Unionists and Confederates, and was made famous by Whittier's poem "Barbara Frietchie."

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Words Starting With

BBABAR

Words Ending With

ARAARA

Unscrambles

Barbara

Words Starting With B and Ending With A

Starts With B & Ends With AStarts With BA & Ends With AStarts With B & Ends With RA

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With A