Etymology

Perry Barr

Today it means: A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691). Full definition →

Old English pirige ← Proto-Brythonic *bar
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The story

  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*bar“tip, point, peak”
  2. Old English · derived frompirige“pear tree”
  3. English todayPerry Barr

From Old English pirige (“pear tree”) + a district name from Proto-Brythonic *bar (“tip, point, peak”) (cf. Scottish Gaelic bàrr).

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