"Bára" meaning in Faroese

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈpɔɑːɹa/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Bára [indefinite, nominative], Báru [accusative, indefinite], Báru [dative, indefinite], Báru [genitive, indefinite]
Rhymes: -ɔɑːɹa Etymology: From Old Norse bára (‘billow, wave’). Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|bára}} Old Norse bára Head templates: {{head|fo|proper noun|g=f}} Bára f Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-proper-noun-s-indef|Bára|Báru|Báru|Báru}}, {{fo-decl-proper-noun|Bára|Báru|Báru|Báru|def_indef=indefinite|number=singular}}
  1. (Norse mythology) Bára, one of the nine daughters of Ægir. Tags: Norse, feminine
    Sense id: en-Bára-fo-name-L~tRWE81 Categories (other): Norse mythology Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. a female given name in the Faroe Islands and Iceland Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Bára-fo-name-rbPugP16 Categories (other): Faroese female given names, Faroese given names, Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Bylgja
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