bari

B3A1R1I1
US, UK/ˈbæɹi//ˈbɛəɹi/

noun

A baritone saxophone

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Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

bari1

nounbari (plural baris)

plural baris

  1. colloquialentertainmentA baritone saxophone

    A basic 17-piece jazz orchestra never uses more than one bari; to see four lined up in a row you'd usually have to go to an instrument repair shop.

    2000 November 24, Neil Tesser, “Baritone Nation”, in Chicago Reader
  2. colloquialbarbershop musicA baritone (singer)

Bari2

proper noun
  1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Bari and the region of Apulia, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Apulia, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Bari.
  3. historicalA former province of Apulia.

Bari3

nounBari pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlySynonym of Motilon (“a people of Colombia”).

    Synonyms: Motilon

proper noun

alternative Barí

  1. Synonym of Motilon (“their language”).

    Synonyms: Motilon

Bari4

proper noun
  1. A Nilotic language of Sudan.
nounBari pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA tribe of Karo, Nilotic people inhabiting South Sudan, who speak the Bari language.

Bari5

proper noun

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Motilon (“a people of Colombia”).

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proper nounSynonym of Motilon (“their language”).

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Origin

Bari · proper noun

  1. LatinBarium
  2. ItalianBari
  3. EnglishBari

Borrowed from Italian Bari, ultimately from Latin Barium.

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Bari · proper noun

  1. Arabicبَرِّيّ
  2. SomaliBari
  3. EnglishBari

From Somali Bari and Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy).

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Translations

Bulgarian Ба́ри, Ба́ри
  • Ба́ри (Bári)city in Italy
  • Ба́ри (Bári)metropolitan city of Italy
Catalan Bari
  • Baricity in Italy
Chinese Mandarin 巴里
  • 巴里 (Bālǐ)city in Italy
French Bari, Bari
  • Baricity in Italy
  • Barimetropolitan city of Italy
Greek Μπάρι
  • Μπάρι (Bári)city in Italy
Hindi बारी
  • बारी (bārī)metropolitan city of Italy
Hungarian Bari
  • Baricity in Italy
Italian Bari, Bari
  • Baricity in Italy
  • Barimetropolitan city of Italy
Japanese バーリ
  • バーリ (Bāri)city in Italy
Latin Barium
  • Bariumcity in Italy
Portuguese Bari
  • Baricity in Italy
Romanian Bari
  • Baricity in Italy
Russian Ба́ри, Ба́ри
  • Ба́ри (Bári)city in Italy
  • Ба́ри (Bári)metropolitan city of Italy
Spanish Bari
  • Baricity in Italy
Turkish Bari, Bari
  • Baricity in Italy
  • Barimetropolitan city of Italy
Ukrainian Ба́рі
  • Ба́рі (Bári)city in Italy

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Cite this entry
APA

bari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bari

MLA

“bari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bari. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bari,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bari.

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