Barr
Encyclopedia

Places

  • Barr, Ayrshire
    Barr, Ayrshire
    Barr is a picturesque village in the South West of Ayrshire, Scotland, located approximately from the town of Girvan. There are various opinions as to the origins of the name. The most likely are either Gaelic meaning 'a meeting of water' or Brythonic meaning 'round'...

    , a village in Scotland
  • Barr, Bas-Rhin
    Barr, Bas-Rhin
    Barr is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-History:Barr was originally an imperial property, but in 1522 the Habsburgs leased it to Nicolas Ziegler, and a few years later give him the freehold. Ziegler's sons sold Barr to the city of Strasbourg...

    , a commune of the Bas-Rhin département in France
  • Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana
    Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana
    Barr Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,193.-History:Barr Township was organized on 4 August 1819 from part of Washington Township; its namesake was pioneer settler Hugh Barr...

    , US
  • Barr Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, US

Companies

  • A.G. Barr
    A.G. Barr
    A.G. Barr plc or commonly known as Barr's is a British soft drinks manufacturer, based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is particularly notable for the manufacture of the popular Scottish drink, Irn-Bru. A.G. Barr is the largest manufacturer of soft drinks in the United Kingdom...

    , a Scottish soft drinks manufacturer
  • Barr Construction Ltd
    Barr Construction Ltd
    Barr Construction is a major Scottish contracting organisation operating throughout the United Kingdom.- History :The Company began life at the end of the nineteenth century as a joinery firm known as W & J Barr & Sons and gradually expanded into civil engineering projects...

    , a Scottish construction company
  • Barr Pharmaceuticals
    Barr Pharmaceuticals
    Barr Pharmaceuticals was a global specialty pharmaceutical company that operated in more than 30 countries worldwide. Barr were engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of generic and proprietary pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients.-History:Barr...


People

  • Brendan Fowler
    Brendan Fowler
    Brendan Fowler is a musician and visual artist, best known for his work under the moniker BARR, based in Los Angeles. He is a regular performer at The Smell, a DIY music venue. He also co-runs Doggpony Records and is a co-editor of ANP Quarterly - an Orange County based arts and culture...

    , a.k.a. BARR, American musician
  • Barr (tribe)
    Barr (tribe)
    The Barr are a powerful Baloch tribe in Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan, who trace their ancestry to the Bedouins.-History and origin:Crossing the Gulf of Oman they assert that they settled in the valley of pishin Iran to the west of mand, where they are still to be found in large numbers and known...

    , a people in southwest Asia

Science

  • Barr body
    Barr body
    A Barr body is the inactive X chromosome in a female somatic cell, rendered inactive in a process called lyonization, in those species in which sex is determined by the presence of the Y or W chromosome rather than the diploidy of the X or Z...

    , the inactive X chromosome in a female somatic cell, or the inactive Y in a male

See also

  • Barr (surname)
    Barr (surname)
    -People:* Adam Barr, American television screenwriter and producer* Al Barr, lead singer of the Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys* Alfred Barr , art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City...

  • Barre (disambiguation)
  • Bar (disambiguation)
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