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bari

/ˈbæɹ.i/UK/ˈbæɹi/

bari noun: a baritone saxophone.

Noun (1)

bari (plural baris)

  1. (colloquial) A baritone saxophone
    • A basic 17-piece jazz orchestra never uses more than one bari; to see four lined up in a row you'd usually have to go to an instrument repair shop.2000 November 24, Neil Tesser, “Baritone Nation”, in Chicago Reader
  2. (colloquial, barbershop music) A baritone (singer)

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Bari

Bari

  1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Bari and the region of Apulia, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Apulia, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Bari.
  3. (historical) A former province of Apulia.
  4. A surname.

Noun (2) capitalized: Bari

Bari pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of Motilon (“a people of Colombia”).
    Synonyms:
    Motilon

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Bari

Bari

  1. Synonym of Motilon (“their language”).
    Synonyms:
    Motilon

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Bari

Bari

  1. A Nilotic language of Sudan.

Noun (3) capitalized: Bari

Bari pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A tribe of Karo, Nilotic people inhabiting South Sudan, who speak the Bari language.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Bari

Bari

  1. A region of Somalia.

Synonyms of bari

Forms of bari

Noun
pluralbaris
Proper noun
alternative formBarí

Origin of bari

Short for baritone.

Borrowed from Italian Bari, ultimately from Latin Barium.

From Somali Bari and Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy).

Words formed from bari

Phrases with bari

Words that rhyme with bari

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Questions about bari

What does bari mean?
Bari means a baritone saxophone.
What part of speech is bari?
Bari can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bari?
Bari is pronounced /ˈbæɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of bari?
The plural of bari is baris.

Words near bari in the dictionary

  1. barhopping
  2. barhoppings
  3. barhops
  4. Barhorst
  5. Barhorsts
  6. bari
  7. bari sax
  8. bari saxes
  9. baria
  10. barian
  11. bariandite

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