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barnes

/bɑː(ɹ)nz/US/bɑɹnz/

barnes is the plural of barne.

Proper noun capitalized: Barnes

Barnes (countable and uncountable, plural Barneses)

  1. A surname.
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    1. An English toponymic surname transferred from the common noun for someone who owned, lived in, or worked in a barn.
    2. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the place of the same name in Surrey.
  2. A suburb of London in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally a town in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2276).
  3. An inner suburb and ward in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (approx OS grid ref NZ3856).
  4. A minor city in Washington County, Kansas, United States.
  5. A small town in the far south of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of barnes

pluralBarneses

Origin of barnes

* As an English surname, from the place on the bank of the Thames, derived from the root of the noun barn. * Also as an English surname, variant of Barne, from both a Middle English personal name from Old Norse Bjǫrn and Old English Beorn, and from the noun barn (“child”). Semantically compare Child. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a byname from bior (“spear”). * As a French surname, variant of Bernes, from a short form of a Germanic name derived from Frankish *berō (“bear”), similar to Bernhard. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Parnes, from Yiddish פּרנס (prns), from Hebrew פַּרְנָס (“leader of a Jewish community, provider”).

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Phrases with barnes

Words that rhyme with barnes

Questions about barnes

What does barnes mean?
Barnes means a surname.
What is barnes the plural of?
Barnes is the plural of barne.
What part of speech is barnes?
Barnes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce barnes?
Barnes is pronounced /bɑː(ɹ)nz/ (UK).

Words near barnes in the dictionary

  1. Barnegat
  2. Barnegat Bay
  3. Barnehurst
  4. Barner
  5. Barners
  6. barnes
  7. Barnes Bay
  8. Barnes County
  9. Barnes Hill
  10. Barnes integral
  11. Barnes integrals

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