Barbara
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People

  • Barbara (given name)
    Barbara (given name)
    Barbara, sometimes spelt Barbra, is a female given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros meaning "foreign" . In Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara was martyred by her father, who was then punished with death by lightning. As...

    , people with the given name Barbara
  • Etienne Barbara
    Etienne Barbara
    Etienne Barbara is a Maltese footballer. He currently plays for Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League.-Malta:...

     (born 1982), Maltese soccer player
  • Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), stage name of French singer Monique Andrée Serf

Places

  • Barbara (region)
    Barbara (region)
    Barbara, also referred to as Bilad al-Barbar, was an ancient region on the northern coast of the Horn of Africa. The area was inhabited by the Eastern Baribah or Barbaroi , as the ancestors of the Somalis were referred to by medieval Arab and ancient Greek geographers, respectively.Along with the...

    , ancient region in the Horn of Africa
  • Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy
  • Barbara, Gaza
    Barbara, Gaza
    Barbara was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza located 17 km northeast of Gaza City, in the vicinity of modern Ashkelon. It had an entirely Arab population of 2,410 in 1945 . The village consisted of nearly 14,000 dunums of which approximately 12,700 dunums was able to be...

    , a former Palestinian village near Gaza
  • Santa Barbara County, California
    Santa Barbara County, California
    Santa Barbara County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, on the Pacific coast. As of 2010 the county had a population of 423,895. The county seat is Santa Barbara and the largest city is Santa Maria.-History:...

    , a county in California
  • Santa Barbara, California
    Santa Barbara, California
    Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

    , a city in Santa Barbara County, California

Drama, Film, and Literature

  • Barbara (1997 film), 1997 Danish film directed by Nils Malmros
  • Barbara (1980 film)
    Barbara (1980 film)
    Barbara is a 1980 Argentine romantic and comedy film starring the Italian Raffaella Carrà.The production has been controversial, featuring the best official means of the Argentine military government.- Plot :...

    , 1980 Argentine film
  • Barbara (TV series)
    Barbara (TV series)
    Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot aired in 1995, and three series then aired from 1999 to 2003. It was made by Central Television, and filmed at their Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham in front of a live studio audience...

    , a British sitcom
  • Bárbara (comics), an Argentine comic book series
  • Major Barbara (play)
    Major Barbara (play)
    Major Barbara is a three act play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907.-Setting:*London*Act I: Lady Britomart's house in Wilton Crescent*Act II: The Salvation Army shelter in West Ham...

    , a play by George Bernard Shaw

Music

  • Barbara (album)
    Barbara (album)
    -Promotion and release:During January 2010, the band played in support of the new album on their "Big Fuckin’ Deal Tour", performing three small shows in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New Jersey, with temporary drummer Danny Lee Allen . The dates were the band's first live performances since...

    , by We Are Scientists
  • "Barbara" (song), a song by Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys
  • "The Barbara song", from The Threepenny Opera
    The Threepenny Opera
    The Threepenny Opera is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist critique...


Other

  • 234 Barbara
    234 Barbara
    234 Barbara is a Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 12, 1883 in Clinton, New York.In 2009, it was discovered that 234 Barbara might be a double asteroid.- References :...

    , an asteroid
  • Barbara, a mnemonic devised by mediaeval scholasticism for a particular syllogism
  • Barbara (genus)
    Barbara (genus)
    Barbara is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.-Species:*Barbara colfaxiana *Barbara fulgens Kuznetzov, 1969*Barbara herrichiana Obraztsov, 1960...

    , a genus of moths

Ships

, more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
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