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I mean something connected with this name, its etymology and so on.

2006-12-29 01:08:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

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BARBARA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene

Pronounced: BAHR-bahr-a (English), BAHR-bra (English), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish) [key]
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign". According to legend Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by her father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning. She is the patron of architects, geologists, stonemasons and artillerymen.

2006-12-29 01:11:57 · answer #1 · answered by Da Balistic-T36 2 · 0 0

The name Barbara come from the Hellene's ( Greek ) the word describes the first contact by Hellene's with the Persians, the dialogue sounded like birburrr ? so the Hellene's name them barbari . Later on the word barbari became a barbaric term for violence.

Barvaros Men - Barbara Women

2006-12-29 01:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by Nickolaos L 1 · 0 0

BARBARA

Stranger , Foreigner


Origin: Greek

2006-12-29 01:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0 0

go to google, type in the word "barbara, meaning of", it will give
you all the info you are looking for.
the name is of latin origin and means foreign woman.

2006-12-29 01:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by minka 3 · 0 0

It has the same oigin as "barbaric" - foreign,etc. Bet you wish you'd never asked :-)

2006-12-29 02:34:43 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 7 · 0 0

ezmerelda villa lobos: what's your name
butch: butch
ezmerelda: what's it mean?
butch: i'm american honey, our names don't mean sh*t.

2006-12-29 01:13:06 · answer #6 · answered by junebugger 2 · 0 1

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