"Perry Barr" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Old English pirige (“pear tree”) + a district name from Proto-Brythonic *bar (“tip, point, peak”) (cf. Scottish Gaelic bàrr). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|pirige||t=pear tree}} Old English pirige (“pear tree”), {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*bar||tip, point, peak}} Proto-Brythonic *bar (“tip, point, peak”), {{cog|gd|bàrr}} Scottish Gaelic bàrr Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Perry Barr
  1. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691). Categories (place): Places in Birmingham, Places in England, Places in the West Midlands, England, Suburbs of Birmingham
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