Meanings
bari1
plural baris
- 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 - colloquialbarbershop musicA baritone (singer)
Bari2
- A metropolitan city of Apulia, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Bari.
- A surname.
Bari3
Bari4
- pluralplural onlyA tribe of Karo, Nilotic people inhabiting South Sudan, who speak the Bari language.
Bari5
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Motilon (“a people of Colombia”).
proper nounSynonym of Motilon (“their language”).
Origin
Bari · proper noun
- LatinBarium
- ItalianBari
- EnglishBari
Borrowed from Italian Bari, ultimately from Latin Barium.
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- Arabicبَرِّيّ
- SomaliBari
- EnglishBari
From Somali Bari and Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy).
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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
bari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bari
“bari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bari. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bari,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bari.
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