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Bari has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast

"After visiting several towns in Apulia, we drove directly to Bari for its famous seafood and seaside promenade."

2

A baritone saxophone

"During our journey through South Sudan, we met a welcoming group of Bari who shared their traditional stories and sang songs in their native tongue."

3

Synonym of Motilon (“a people of Colombia”)

4

A tribe of Karo, Nilotic people inhabiting South Sudan, who speak the Bari language.

In plain English: The Bari are an ethnic group living in South Sudan who have their own distinct language.

"The anthropologist spent years studying the customs and traditions of the bari people."

Usage: Bari refers specifically to the ethnic group residing in South Sudan-do not use it generally to describe any person from that region. The term is also used for their language, Bari, which belongs to the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan family.

Proper Noun
1

The Metropolitan City of Bari, a region of Apulia, Italy.

"The anthropologist spent months learning Bari, a Nilotic language spoken in southern Sudan, to document its unique tonal patterns."

2

Synonym of Motilon (“their language”)

3

A Nilotic language of Sudan.

Example Sentences
"The anthropologist spent years studying the customs and traditions of the bari people." noun
"The bari stood empty after all the guests left for the evening." noun
"She placed her small bag on the bari near the window seat." noun
"During the storm, water began to pool in the bari outside our house." noun
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ari yari mari dari pari nari jari wari hari cari sari vari kari gari aari lari acari akari shari atari
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