Barra (disambiguation)
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Barra may refer to:
Places
Places in Europe:
- Barra, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Barra (Naples), Italy
- Barra de Mira, Portugal
- Gougane Barra, a settlement in County Cork, Ireland
Places in Africa:
- Barra, The Gambia
- Praia da Barra, Inhambane Province, Mozambique
Places in Oceania:
- Barra Brui, New South Wales, Australia
Places in North America:
- Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico
Places in South America:
- Barra, Bahia, a municipality in Bahia, Brazil
- Barra Bonita (disambiguation), multiple places
- Barra da Lagoa, a district of the city of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Barra da Tijuca, a neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Barra (neighborhood), a neighborhood of the city of Salvador, Brazil
- Barra de Santo Antônio, a municipality in Alagoas, Brazil
- Barra de São Francisco, Espírito Santo, a municipality in Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Barra de São Miguel (disambiguation), multiple places
- Barra do Chapéu, a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil
- Barra do Garças, a city in Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Barra do Piraí, a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Barra do Quaraí, a town in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Barra do Ribeiro, a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Barra do Turvo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
- Barra Mansa, a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
People
- Barra binte Samawal
- Francisco León de la Barra (1863–1939)
- Joseph Bara (1779–1793), a hero of the French Revolution whose name is often written "Barra"
- Mary Barra (born 1961), CEO of General Motors
- Pasquale Barra (1942–2015), former NCO hitman and pentito
- Ray Barra (born 1930), ballet dancer and ballet director
- Robert Barra (born 1960), New York politician
Other
- Isle of Barra distillery, a whisky distillery
- Barra, slang term for the British town of Barrow-in-Furness, also as to reflect the local accent
- Barra brava, a name for organized supporter groups of football teams in Latin America
- Barra system, passive solar building technology
- Barra, Inc., a financial services firm
- Barracuda, a fish
- Barramundi, a fish
- Ford Barra engine, an engine produced by Ford Australia for its Falcon range
- French ship Barra (1794), a 74-gun Ship of the line, renamed Hoche and captured by the British in 1798, serving in the Royal Navy as HMS Donegal (1798)
- Gracie Barra, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu association
- La Barra Brava, an independent supporters' group for Major League Soccer's D.C. United and the United States
- Barra Futebol Clube, a Brazilian soccer club
- Barra Mansa Futebol Clube, a Brazilian soccer club
See also
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